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FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016 Schedule & Live

FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016: The Candidates Tournament is a chess tournament organized by the world chess federation FIDE. The eight-player double round-robin tournament to determine the Challenger for the World Championship title match in November this year. This FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016 will take place in Moscow from March 10–30. The guaranteed prize fund of the Candidates Tournament will be in excess of 420,000 USD. First prize is €95,000, second €88,000, third €75,000, fourth €55,000, fifth €40,000, sixth €28,000, seventh €22,000 and eighth €17,000. Check out the FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016 Schedule, Regulations, Participants, Live Streaming and Prize Fund from the below article.

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FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016 details:

  • Details of the Tournament:
  • Dates: March 8 – 29, 2016
  • Number of players: 8
  • Format: Double round robin tournament (14 rounds)
  • Length: 22 days including arrivals, departures, opening and closing ceremonies
  • Prize fund: EUR 561,000 including FIDE fees

FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016 Schedule & Venue:

This FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016 will take place in Moscow from March 10 – 30 at The Central Telegraph, a historic building on Tverskaya street in the heart of Moscow, Russia.

FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016 Participants:

Here is a table of all eight Candidates, with their current (March 1st, 2016) ratings and their current world rankings:

Candidate
Rating
Nation
Rank
Fabiano Caruana
2794
USA
3
Anish Giri
2793
NED
4
Hikaru Nakamura
2790
USA
6
Levon Aronian
2786
ARM
7
Veselin Topalov
2780
BUL
8
Viswanathan Anand
2762
IND
11
Sergey Karjakin
2760
RUS
13
Peter Svidler
2757
RUS
16

FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016 Live Streaming:

WorldChess.com is going to telecast the live streaming of 2016 FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament. Click the below link to online watching of World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016.

FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016 Live Streaming

FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016 Prize Fund:

The guaranteed prize fund of the Candidates Tournament will be in excess of 420,000 USD. First prize is €95,000, second €88,000, third €75,000, fourth €55,000, fifth €40,000, sixth €28,000, seventh €22,000 and eighth €17,000.

FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016 Rules & Regulations:

Click the below link to know the Rules and Regulations of FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016 in PDF Format.

FIDE World Chess Candidates Tournament 2016 Rules & Regulations in PDF.

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