Candidates Tournament 2014
The Candidates Tournament 2014 was an eight-player double round-robin chess tournament that took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 13 March to 31 March 2014.
Participants
The participants, in order of rules announced by FIDE, were:| Qualification path | Player | Age | March 2014 rating | World Ranking |
| Loser of the World Chess Championship 2013 match |  Viswanathan Anand | 44 | 2770 | 8 |
| The top two finishers in the Chess World Cup 2013 |  Vladimir Kramnik | 38 | 2787 | 3 |
| The top two finishers in the Chess World Cup 2013 | Dmitry Andreikin | 24 | 2709 | 42 |
| The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13 |  Veselin Topalov | 39 | 2785 | 4 |
| The top two finishers in the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13 |  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 28 | 2757 | 13 |
| The next two highest rated players who played in the Chess World Cup 2013 or the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13 |  Levon Aronian | 31 | 2830 | 2 |
| The next two highest rated players who played in the Chess World Cup 2013 or the FIDE Grand Prix 2012–13 | Sergey Karjakin | 24 | 2766 | 9 |
| Organizing committee's wild card | Peter Svidler | 37 | 2758 | 11 |
Prize fund
The tournament had a prize fund of €420,000. Prize money was shared between players tied on points; tiebreaks were not used to allocate it. The prizes for each place were as follows:Standings
In the event of a tie, the following tie-break methods were used, in order of precedence:- Head-to-head scores between the tied players;
- Highest number of wins;
- The player with the highest Sonneborn-Berger score;
- Rapid chess play-offs.
Results by round
Numbers in parentheses indicate players' scores prior to the round.
Points by round
For each player, the difference between wins and losses after each round is shown.The players with the highest difference for each round are marked with green background.
| Final place | Player \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +2 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | +3 | |
| 2 | =0 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –2 | –1 | =0 | =0 | =0 | =0 | =0 | +1 | |
| 3 | =0 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | =0 | +1 | +1 | =0 | –1 | –1 | –1 | =0 | =0 | |
| 4 | =0 | –1 | –2 | –1 | –1 | =0 | –1 | –1 | =0 | =0 | =0 | =0 | =0 | =0 | |
| 5 | =0 | –1 | –1 | –2 | –2 | –2 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –1 | –1 | =0 | =0 | |
| 6 | –1 | =0 | =0 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +2 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 | +1 | =0 | –1 | |
| 7 | =0 | +1 | +1 | =0 | +1 | =0 | =0 | –1 | –1 | =0 | =0 | –1 | –1 | –1 | |
| 8 | =0 | =0 | =0 | =0 | –1 | =0 | –1 | –1 | –2 | –2 | –2 | –1 | –2 | –2 |