Taimanov |- |Boris Gelfand (5) || Peter Svidler (5½) ||align=center | ½–½ || D85 Grünfeld, Exchange |- |Levon Aronian (6½) || Vladimir Kramnik (7) ||align=center | 0–1 || D42 Semi-Tarrasch Defense |- |Teimour Radjabov (3½) || Alexander Grischuk (5) ||align=center | ½–½ || E35 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |- |colspan=4 style="background:#cccccc;"| Round 13 – 31 March 2013 |- |Teimour Radjabov (4) || Magnus Carlsen (7½) ||align=center | 0–1 || E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |- |Alexander Grischuk (5½) || Levon Aronian (6½) ||align=center | ½–½ || D11 Slav Accepted |- |Vladimir Kramnik (8) || Boris Gelfand (5½) ||align=center | ½–½ || D71 Neo-Grünfeld |- |Peter Svidler (6) || Vasyl Ivanchuk (5) ||align=center | 1–0 || C02 French, Advance Variation |- |colspan=4 style="background:#cccccc;"| Round 14 – 1 April 2013 |- |Magnus Carlsen (8½) || Peter Svidler (7) ||align=center | 0–1 || C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |- |Vasyl Ivanchuk (5) || Vladimir Kramnik (8½) ||align=center | 1–0 || B08 Pirc Defence, Classical |- |Boris Gelfand (6) || Alexander Grischuk (6) ||align=center | ½–½ || D85 Grünfeld, Exchange |- |Levon Aronian (7) || Teimour Radjabov (4) ||align=center | 1–0 || E90 King's Indian |} Championship match The Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen was held from 9 to 22 November 2013 in Chennai, India, under the auspices of FIDE. Previous head-to-head record Prior to the match, from 2005 to 18 June 2013, Anand and Carlsen played 29 games against each other at classical time controls, out of which Anand won six, Carlsen won three, and twenty were drawn. Prize fund The prize fund was 2,650,000 Euros, of which 60 percent would go to the winner and 40 percent to the loser if the match ended within the 12 regular games. If the match went to tie-breaks, the winner would have received 55 percent and the loser 45 percent. Seconds Both Anand and Carlsen had a team of seconds to aid in their match preparation. Anand's seconds for the match were Surya Ganguly and Radosław Wojtaszek, who had helped him in four previous World Championship matches; his primary second Peter Heine Nielsen had been hired away earlier in the year by Carlsen, under agreement that he would not help Carlsen during this match against Anand. During the opening press conference, Anand revealed his new seconds to be Krishnan Sasikiran, Sandipan Chanda and Peter Leko. Carlsen at first declined to reveal his seconds, but after the match