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The co-leaders Levon Aronian and Viswanathan Anand shared the point in their round 8 match in the FIDE World Candidates Tournament.

The duo remained in joint lead, but now the possible tie-break at the end of the event would favor Anand (mutual score 1,5-0,5).

Vladimir Kramnik missed a chance to catch the leaders as his opponent Dmitry Andreikin defended very well to deserve half a point.

This is the top 10 of the chess products preferred by the Chessdom Chess Shop customers in the month of March.

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In round 8 of the FIDE Candidates Tournament Levon Aronian stunned the co-leader Viswanathan Anand with an enterprising novelty as early as move 3.

Anand appreciated the strength of Qb3 in various transpositions as it was not easy for him to reach a convenient Catalan or Gruenfeld structure. He finally went for the reversed Benoni even if it included a pawn sacrifice. Black did achieve quick development as compensation.

Stockfish (3133 ELO) and Fire (2984 ELO) lead the second stage of the world’s strongest computer chess championship TCEC. The two engines have 2,5/3, half a point more than Komodo, Hannibal, and Rybka.

An interesting interview with World Champion Magnus Carlsen was posted today on NRK website.

Levon Aronian defeated Sergey Karjakin in round 7 of FIDE World Candidates Tournament to join Viswanathan Anand on the top of the crosstable.

Anand had some advantage with black against Peter Svidler but he couldn’t achieve more than a draw.

Vladimir Kramnik surged ahead by winning a wild game against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Dmitry Andreikin escaped from the bottom by punishing Veselin Topalov’s over-ambitious play.

For the 37th consecutive year “Ikaros” renews its annual appointment with Greek and foreign players at the beautiful island of Ikaria for the traditional international chess tournament that this year will take place at Aghios Kirykos, the capital of the island, from 12th till 20th of July.

The 37th Ikaros International Chess Tournament 2014 incorporates the Aegean Open Championship 2014

GM Erwin L’Ami is blogging daily on the Candidates at Chessity. He is analyzing the most effective lines and also providing a video of the round. See more at Chessity.com

The 8th Annual Long Island Open will be held from March 28-30, 2014, at the Ramada Plaza Long Island MacArthur Airport Hotel, 1730 N.