14 March- 2 April 2013
Carlson Wins Candidates Tournament, Will Play for World Championship
April 2,2013 – Magnus Carlsen is the next World Championship Challenger. He ousted Vladimir Kramnik by the narrowest of possible margins. The Russian former World Champion was left heartbroken after a spectacular performance in the second half of the event. The table displays Kramnik ahead on traditional tiebreak points, but the Candidates Tournament rules counts the number of wins – Carlsen five, Kramnik four – to break the tie, after the first tiebreaker, score against each other, was even.
Final Standings *
*The table displays Kramnik ahead on traditional tiebreak points, but the Candidates Tournament rules counts the number of wins – Carlsen five, Kramnik four – to break the tie, after the first tiebreaker, score against each other, was even.
