The Candidates Tournament 2014 was an eight-player double round-robin

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tournament that took place in

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, from 13 March to 31 March 2014.

Participants

The participants, in order of rules announced by FIDE, were:FIDE: Rules & regulations for the Candidates Tournament of the FIDE World Championship cycle 2012–2014
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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

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methods were used, in order of precedence: # Head-to-head scores between the tied players; # Highest number of wins; # The player with the highest

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; #

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Results by round

Pairings and results 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.

References

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