30 March 2016

Candidates tournament is officially closed

The ceremony was attended by high-ranked officials.

The closing ceremony of the candidates tournament took place on March 29 in the Central Telegraph building in Moscow.

The players and guests were welcome by Igor Levitin, Adviser of Russian President, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, FIDE President, Alexander Zhukov, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and ROC President, Pavel Kolobkov, Deputy Sports Minister of Russia, Andrey Filatov, RCF President and FIDE Vice-President, and Ilya Merenzon, head of Agon. 

Igor Levitin, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, and Andrey Filatov awarded the players. 

The winner of the candidates tournament, Sergey Karjakin (Russia), will play a title match with Magnus Carlsen (Norway) on November 11-30 in New York.