Magnus Calrsen won the Candidate Matches Tournament for 2013. The games were played in London.

After all rounds, both Carlsen and Kramnik were tied for first place with equal points - but Carlsen won based on highest number of wins.

This means Magnus Carlen will challenge Viswanathan Anand. The championship will be held in the hometown of Anand, Chennai, India, in the month of November 2013.



Final Ranking
Rank SNo.   Name                Rtg  FED    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   Pts Res.vict
1      8    Carlsen Magnus      2872 NOR    * * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 8½  1   5
2      5    Kramnik Vladimir    2810 RUS    ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 8½  1   4
3      4    Svidler Peter       2747 RUS    0 1 ½ 0 * * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8   1½  4
4      1    Aronian Levon       2809 ARM    ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8   ½   5
5      2    Gelfand Boris       2740 ISR    0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½  1   2
6      6    Grischuk Alexander  2764 RUS    0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * * ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½  1   1
7      3    Ivanchuk Vassily    2757 UKR    ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * * 0 1 6   0   3
8      7    Radjabov Teimour    2793 AZE    ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * * 4   0   1
Table thanks to london2013.fide.com