Candidates Tournament 2014: Aronian vs. Andreikin

Round 13 in the Candidates Tournament 2014, which is held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, will be played on Saturday.  

Grandmaster (GM) Levon Aronian—who plays first board for the three-time World Chess Olympiad champions and the previous World Team Chess champions, Armenia, and who is second in the World Chess Federation (FIDE) rankings—will face GM Dmitry Andreikin (Russia).

After the twelfth round, Aronian stands in second place, with 6.5 points.

Former World Chess Champion, GM Viswanathan Anand (India) leads the current standings, with 7.5 points.

The GM who wins this tournament will become the official World Chess Champion candidate, and therefore compete against reining World Chess Champion, GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway), who tops the FIDE rankings, for the title of World Chess Champion.

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