FIDE World Candidates Tournament 2014

The Candidates tournament to decide who will play Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship begins in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, on Thursday. Details can be found here.

The eight players are:

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  Viswanathan Anand
  

  IND, former world champion
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  Vladimir Kramnik
  

  RUS, world cup 2013 winner
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  Dmitry Andreikin
  

  RUS, world cup 2013 finalist
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  Veselin Topalov
  

  BUL, grand-prix 2012-13 winner

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  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

  AZE, grand-prix 2012-13 runner-up
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  Levon Aronian

  ARM, rating list 2012-13
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  Sergey Karjakin

  RUS, rating list 2012-13
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  Peter Svidler

  RUS, host nominee