World Chess Championship 2014

( 6 November-25 November 2014 )

The World Chess Championship is around the Corner.

Venue for the site is Sochi, Russia.

Will the defending champion, Magnus Carlsen, be able to defend his title against former world champion , Vishwanathan Anand, from whom he just snatched the crown only last year?

The 23 year old Norwegian chess prodigy,the  “Mozart of Chess” will take on 44 year old  “Madras Tiger” later this year in a match of 12 games and if necessary, tie-break games.

Anand, who proved his critics wrong earlier this year by winning the prestigious Candidates Tournament held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, with dominating 3 wins, earned him the right to match Carlsen for the world championship title bout.  

Carlsen, already the world no. 1 player in the world and the highest rated player of all time, won the Rapid and Blitz tournament held in Dubai this year. While his positional style of play resonates as those of Anatoly Karpov, Jose Raul Capablanca and Vasily Smyslov.

“Carlsen is a combination of Karpov and Fischer. He gets his positions and then never lets go of that bulldog bite. Exhausting for opponents.” - Garry Kasparov

Magnus Carlsen

“Carlsen has been known to say that he isn't all that interested in opening preparation; his main forte is the middlegame, in which he manages to outplay many of his opponents with positional means. ... Carlsen's repertoire is aimed at avoiding an early crisis in the game. He invariably aims for middlegames that lend themselves to a strategcic approach.” - Jan Timman

His challenger, is Vishwanathan Anand from India. Vishy, as he is known, is a five time world champion. He also has rapid and blitz title in his bag. He is a deep tactical master who calculates his position very quickly. As white, e4 is his best choice and prefers solid classical defences as black. For him its a revenge match against Carlsen, whom he was humiliated at his hometown in Chennai, India last year. He went down against the 22 year old without winning a single game and losing three.

The match between the two would finally put an end to the speculation of many as to whether age is a factor in chess.

Vishwanathan Anand

The following are the dates as set by FIDE for the scheduling of the tournament.

Date                 Day         Event

06 November 2014 Thursday Game 1

07 November 2014 Friday        Game 2

08 November 2014 Saturday Rest day

09 November 2014 Sunday Game 3

10 November 2014 Monday Game 4

11 November 2014 Tuesday Rest day

12 November 2014 Wednesday Game 5

13 November 2014 Thursday Game 6

14 November 2014 Friday Rest day

15 November 2014 Saturday Game 7

16 November 2014 Sunday Game 8

17 November 2014 Monday Rest day

18 November 2014 Tuesday Game 9

19 November 2014 Wednesday Game 10

20 November 2014 Thursday Rest day

21 November 2014 Friday Game 11

22 November 2014 Saturday Rest day

23 November 2014 Sunday Game 12

24 November 2014 Monday Rest day

25 November 2014 Tuesday Tie-break games

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