Candidates tourn is ready to lift off ! 8 players fighting for the right to claim the crown of the World Champion ,exciting games to follow !
Berlin is the host city of the prestigious tournament .
Official site :
https://worldchess.com/berlin/
FIDE Candidates 2018 Berlin GER (GER), 10-28 iii 2018 |
cat. XXII (2786) |
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1. |
Grischuk, Alexander |
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RUS |
2767 |
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2. |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
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RUS |
2800 |
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Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
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AZE |
2809 |
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4. |
Ding, Liren |
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CHN |
2769 |
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Karjakin, Sergey |
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RUS |
2763 |
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Aronian, Levon |
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ARM |
2794 |
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Caruana, Fabiano |
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USA |
2784 |
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So, Wesley |
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USA |
2799 |
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Round 1 (March 10, 2018) |
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Kramnik, Vladimir |
– Grischuk, Alexander |
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Karjakin, Sergey |
– Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar |
* |
0 |
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Aronian, Levon |
– Ding, Liren |
* |
0 |
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Caruana, Fabiano |
– So, Wesley |
* |
0 |
3 rusians, 2 usa, 1 armenian,1 chinese, 1 azeri =8 total players
According to their perf of 2017 , favorites appear to be Aronian& Mamedyarov, still all players are capable of winning the tourn ! So no clear predictions can be done !
GM Mastrovasilis A