Candidates Tournament: Aronian vs. Topalov

Round 10 will be played Wednesday at the Candidates Tournament for the 2016 World Chess Championship, which is held in the Russian capital city of Moscow.

In this round, Grandmaster (GM) Levon Aronian, who plays first board for the three-time World Chess Olympiad champions and the former World Team Chess champions Armenia, will face GM Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), who is in last place in the current standings, and whom Aronian had defeated in their previous match in this competition.

All matches will get underway at 3pm, Armenia standard time.

After 9 rounds, Aronian, who had suffered his first defeat in the previous round, shares 3rd and 4th places with GM Anish Giri (Netherlands), with 5 points apiece.

The former World Champion, GM Viswanathan Anand (India), who defeated Aronian in the previous round, and GM Sergey Karjakin (Russia) are the current leaders with 5.5 points each.

The winner of the Candidates Tournament, which has about a €420-thousand prize fund, will be the challenger for the 2016 World Chess Championship against the reining champion, GM Magnus Carlsen (Norway), from November 11 to 30, in New York.