Candidates Tournament: Aronian vs. Caruana
09:09 25 March, 2016Round 12 will be played Friday 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 Italian GM Fabiano Caruana (USA).
After 11 rounds, Aronian shares fourth to sixth places, with 5.5 points apiece.
Caruana and the former World Champion, GM Viswanathan Anand (India), are the current leaders, with 6.5 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.
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