Kandidaatide turniir

Juba sel reedel, 15. märtsil, algab kandidaatide turniir järgmise koosseisuga:

Seed	Rank	Name	Country	Rating	B-Year
1	1	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2872	1990
2	2	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2810	1975
3	3	Aronian, Levon	ARM	2809	1982
4	4	Radjabov, Teimour	AZE	2793	1987
5	10	Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2764	1983
6	13	Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2757	1969
7	14	Svidler, Peter	RUS	2747	1976
8	18	Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2740	1968

Ametlik koduleht asub siin. Turniiril selgitatakse välja tiitlipredent, kes mängib 2013. sügisel tiitlimatši Viswanathan Anandi vastu.

Juba on avalikustatud ka paarimised (allikaks chessbase.com), mis on järgmised:

Round 1 March 15 at 14:00 Levon Aronian - Magnus Carlsen Boris Gelfand - Teimour Radjabov Vassily Ivanchuk - Alexander Grischuk Peter Svidler - Vladimir Kramnik Playchess commentary: GM Daniel King	Round 2 March 16 at 14:00 Magnus Carlsen - Vladimir Kramnik Alexander Grischuk - Peter Svidler Teimour Radjabov - Vassily Ivanchuk Levon Aronian - Boris Gelfand Playchess commentary: GM Chris Ward
Round 3 March 17 at 14:00 Boris Gelfand - Magnus Carlsen Vassily Ivanchuk - Levon Aronian Peter Svidler - Teimour Radjabov Vladimir Kramnik - Alexander Grischuk Playchess commentary: GM Yasser Seirawan	Round 4 March 19 at 14:00 Magnus Carlsen - Alexander Grischuk Teimour Radjabov - Vladimir Kramnik Levon Aronian  - Peter Svidler Boris Gelfand - Vassily Ivanchuk Playchess commentary: GM Daniel King
Round 5 March 20 at 14:00 Vassily Ivanchuk - Magnus Carlsen Peter Svidler - Boris Gelfand Vladimir Kramnik - Levon Aronian Alexander Grischuk - Teimour Radjabov Playchess commentary: GM Yasser Seirawan	Round 6 March 21 at 14:00 Peter Svidler - Magnus Carlsen Vladimir Kramnik - Vassily Ivanchuk Alexander Grischuk - Boris Gelfand Teimour Radjabov - Levon Aronian Playchess commentary: GM Chris Ward
Round 7 March 23 at 14:00 Magnus Carlsen - Teimour Radjabov Levon Aronian - Alexander Grischuk Boris Gelfand - Vladimir Kramnik Vassily Ivanchuk - Peter Svidler Playchess commentary: GM Alejandro Ramirez	Round 8 March 24 at 14:00 Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian Teimour Radjabov - Boris Gelfand Alexander Grischuk - Vassily Ivanchuk Vladimir Kramnik - Peter Svidler Playchess commentary: GM Alejandro Ramirez
Round 9 March 25 at 14:00 Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen Peter Svidler - Alexander Grischuk Vassily Ivanchuk - Teimour Radjabov Boris Gelfand - Levon Aronian Playchess commentary: GM Maurice Ashley	Round 10 March 27 at 14:00 Magnus Carlsen - Boris Gelfand Levon Aronian - Vassily Ivanchuk Teimour Radjabov - Peter Svidler Alexander Grischuk - Vladimir Kramnik Playchess commentary: GM Yasser Seirawan
Round 11 March 28 at 14:00 Alexander Grischuk - Magnus Carlsen Vladimir Kramnik - Teimour Radjabov Peter Svidler - Levon Aronian Vassily Ivanchuk - Boris Gelfand Playchess commentary: GM Chris Ward	Round 12 March 29 at 14:00 Magnus Carlsen - Vassily Ivanchuk Boris Gelfand - Peter Svidler Levon Aronian - Vladimir Kramnik Teimour Radjabov - Alexander Grischuk Playchess commentary: GM Daniel King
Round 13 March 31 at 14:00 Teimour Radjabov - Magnus Carlsen Alexander Grischuk - Levon Aronian Vladimir Kramnik - Boris Gelfand Peter Svidler - Vassily Ivanchuk Playchess commentary: GM Daniel King	Round 14 April 1 at 14:00 Magnus Carlsen - Peter Svidler Vassily Ivanchuk - Vladimir Kramnik Boris Gelfand - Alexander Grischuk Levon Aronian - Teimour Radjabov Playchess commentary: GM Maurice Ashley

Ilmselt on antud turniiril favoriidiks maailma esinumber Magnus Carlsen, kes on viimastel turniiridel näidanud supertulemusi. Koosseis on aga tugev ja võimalused on kõigil. Teiste seast tõusevad esile tugeva turniiri-mängijana tuntud Aronian ja endine maailmameister Kramnik, kes on viimasel ajal head vormi näidanud. Isiklikult pean "mustaks hobuseks" Grischuki, kes eelmisel MM tsüklil jõudis finaali ja kes on näidanud häid tulemusi ka tippturniiridel.