Sentence examples for candidate tournament from inspiring English sources

Last year Anand lost the title to Carlsen, but bounced back and against all odds won this year's Candidate tournament to meet the Norwegian again.

Polgar renewed her quest for the world championship; the first step was accomplished by sharing first place with Maya Chiburdanidze at the 1994 Women's Candidate Tournament, held in Tilburg, Neth.

However, Carlsen participated in the 2013 Candidates Tournament in London.

A month after the Candidates Tournament, I met up with Aronian at a hotel in London.

With his Candidates' Tournament victory, Carlsen will now challenge Anand in the next World Chess Championship, to be played in the fall.

There is no question that Carlsen was a huge draw at the Candidates' Tournament, a grueling event in which eight top-ranked players played one another twice.

The Candidates Tournament to select a challenger for the world champion Viswanathan Anand ended on Monday with one of the most exciting finishes in chess history.

CHESS The chess column last Sunday about the Candidates Tournament in London to select a challenger for the world championship misidentified one of the competitors in some editions.

In 1953, Mr. Smyslov earned the right to challenge Mr. Botvinnik for the title after he won the candidates tournament in Zurich.

Averbakh played in the 1953 candidates' tournament, which is considered one of the greatest competitions of all time, and finished in a tie for 10th.

Meanwhile, Aronian is enjoying his resurgence, but he is as yet unqualified for the eight-player 2016 Candidates tournament, which will decide Carlsen's next challenger.