Carlsen was ahead on the second tie break due to having more wins), and this would not change if they both scored the same in the final round. Therefore, Kramnik, who had black against Ivanchuk, needed to outperform Carlsen, who had white against Svidler. Carlsen played to win, since that would guarantee him the tournament victory regardless of Kramnik's result; similarly, Kramnik knew that the odds of Carlsen losing with white were minute, and he went all-in against Ivanchuk with the Pirc defense. This backfired and Ivanchuk obtained an early advantage, while Carlsen got a level position against Svidler. Carlsen later got into serious time trouble and did not defend adequately against Svidler's attack, which gave Svidler a winning endgame. Meanwhile, Ivanchuk had outplayed Kramnik, who resigned a few minutes after Carlsen lost. Thus the tournament was won by Carlsen on the second tiebreak. Carlsen's win earned him the right to challenge the reigning world champion, Vishy Anand for the world title. {| class="wikitable" |+ Final standings of the 2013 Candidates Tournament |- !rowspan="2"|Rank!!rowspan="2"|Player !!rowspan="2"|RatingMarch 2013 !colspan="2" rowspan="2"|CAR !colspan="2" rowspan="2"|KRA !colspan="2" rowspan="2"|SVI !colspan="2" rowspan="2"|ARO !colspan="2" rowspan="2"|GEL !colspan="2" rowspan="2"|GRI !colspan="2" rowspan="2"|IVA !colspan="2" rowspan="2"|RAD !rowspan="2"|Points !! colspan=2|Tiebreaks |- ! !! Wins |- |- align="center" style="background:white; color:black" |style="background:#ccffcc;"|1||align="left" style="background:#ccffcc;"| |style="background:#ccffcc;"|2872 |style="background:lightgray" colspan="2"| |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |0||style="background:black; color:white"|1 |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |1||style="background:black; color:white"|1 |1||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |0||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|1 |style="background:#ccffcc;"|8½|| style="background:#ccffcc;"|1 || style="background:#ccffcc;"|5 |- align="center" style="background:white; color:black" |2||align="left"| |2810 |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |style="background:lightgray" colspan="2"| |1||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|1 |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|1 |½||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |1||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |8½||1||4 |- align="center" style="background:white; color:black" |3||align="left"| |2747 |0||style="background:black; color:white"|1 |½||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |style="background:lightgray" colspan="2"| |1||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |1||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |1||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |8||1½||4 |- align="center" style="background:white; color:black" |4||align="left"| |2809 |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |0||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |style="background:lightgray" colspan="2"| |1||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |1||style="background:black; color:white"|1 |1||style="background:black; color:white"|1 |8||½||5 |- align="center" style="background:white; color:black" |5||align="left"| |2740 |0||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |1||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |style="background:lightgray" colspan="2"| |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|1 |6½||1||2 |- align="center" style="background:white; color:black" |6||align="left"| |2764 |½||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |0||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |style="background:lightgray" colspan="2"| |1||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |6½||1||1 |- align="center" style="background:white; color:black" |7||align="left"| |2757 |½||style="background:black; color:white"|1 |1||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |0||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |style="background:lightgray" colspan="2"| |1||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |6||— ||3 |- align="center" style="background:white; color:black" |8||align="left"| |2793 |0||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |½||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |0||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |0||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |½||style="background:black; color:white"|½ |1||style="background:black; color:white"|0 |style="background:lightgray" colspan="2"| |4||— ||1 |} Pairings and results Numbers in parentheses indicate players' scores