FIDE Candidates Tournament 2016 (Moscow)
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- Place: The Central Telegraph City: Moscow Country: Website: http://moscow2016.fide.com/
- Period: From March 10, 2016 to March 30, 2016
- Play System: Double Round Robin Rate of Play: The time control for each game shall be: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. Modality: Standard Number of Rounds: 14 Tiebreak: 1. head-to-head results between the tied players 2. number of wins 3. Sonneborn-Berger score 4. rapid/blitz playoffs
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Registration:
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Additional Information:
Participation
The players who qualify for the Candidates Tournament are determined according to the following, in order of priority:
1. The player who lost the 2014 World Championship Match.
2. The two top winners of the World Cup 2015.
3. The two top players from the FIDE Grand-Prix 2014/2015.
4. Two players from average FIDE Rating List of the 12 monthly lists starting from 1st January 2015 to 1st December 2015 qualify to participate by rating (excluding the player who lost the 2014 World Championship Match, two top winners of the World Cup 2015 and two top players from the FIDE Grand-Prix 2014/2015). A player can qualify by rating only if he/she participates in the World Cup 2015 or the FIDE Grand Prix 2014-2015.
5 One nominated player by the Organiser.
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Schedule:
March 10 ..................................... Thursday.......................... Opening Ceremony
March 11 ...................................... Friday ............................. Round 1
March 12 ...................................... Saturday ........................ Round 2
March 13 ...................................... Sunday ........................... Round 3
March 14 ...................................... Monday ......................... Rest Day
March 15 ...................................... Tuesday ......................... Round 4
March 16 ...................................... Wednesday .................. Round 5
March 17 ...................................... Thursday ....................... Round 6
March 18 ...................................... Friday ............................ Rest Day
March 19 ...................................... Saturday ....................... Round 7
March 20 ...................................... Sunday .......................... Round 8
March 21 ...................................... Monday ........................ Round 9
March 22 ...................................... Tuesday ....................... Rest Day
March 23 ...................................... Wednesday ................. Round 10
March 24 ...................................... Thursday ....................... Round 11
March 25 ...................................... Friday ............................ Round 12
March 26 ...................................... Saturday ....................... Rest Day
March 27 ...................................... Sunday ......................... Round 13
March 28 ...................................... Monday ....................... Round 14
March 29 ...................................... Tuesday ........................ Tie Breaks/Closing Ceremomy
March 30 ...................................... Wednesday ................. Departures of players
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Prize:
The total minimum prize fund of the Candidates Tournament amounts to 420,000 euros. The amount is net and cleared of any local taxes. The money prizes shall be allocated as follows (minimum in euros):
1st place: 95,000
2nd place: 88,000
3rd place: 75,000
4th place: 55,000
5th place: 40,000
6th place: 28,000
7th place: 22,000
8th place: 17,000
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Organization:
The Candidates Tournament to determine the challenger for the 2016 World Chess Championship Match is organised in the first quarter of 2016 and represents an integral part of the World Chess Championship regulations for the cycle 2014- 2016. Eight (8) players will participate in the Candidates Tournament and the winner qualifies for the World Chess Championship Match in the last quarter of 2016.
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