BOTW 2016.03.24

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Submitted by John Upper on Wed, 03/23/2016 - 15:43

2016 Candidates

After 10 of 14 rounds, Caruana and Karjakin lead with 6; Anand and Aronian follow with 5.5. Giri has ten draws, and the rest might play spoiler.

Key matchups from the final four rounds:

 

    • Round 11 (March 24): Anand - Karjakin
    • Round 12 (March 26): Caruana - Aronian
    • Round 13 (March 27): Aronian - Karjakin
    • Round 14 (March 28): Karjakin - Caruana

 

Live Games 
Start at 3pm Moscow time (8am EST) and can be followed with HiDef video and GM commentary only from the official sponsor's site:
http://moscow2016.fide.com/

Good Games?
Actually, yes. So far, the Candidates' has produced only 10/40 decisive games, but a few of those are beauties. You can play through all the decisive games in the PGN player at the bottom of this post.

 

Daniel King on the Candidates
English GM Danny King has dozens of excellent videos on his Power Play YouTube channel. 
You can find all his 2016 Candidates' videos here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyM8toCZs_o0TwgB2Mdv-OhCUDpO-m4G

 

Mangus - the Motion Picture (?!)
The winner of the Candidates' gets to play Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship in New York City in November 2016.
To remind you of who that is, here is a link to a trailer for documentary set to appear in theatres 2016:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKucZtjShg

10 Decisive Games from the 2016 Candidates'
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