So that’s it! I’d love to hear your predictions for the candidates match. Who do you guys think will be the next challenger to Magnus Carlsen? I’m going to go ahead and provide you with the first round pairings that have recently been released (my predictions are in parentheses).

Round 1 Pairings:

Andreikin – Kramnik (0-1)
Karjakin – Svidler (1/2-1/2)
Mamedyarov – Topalov (1/2-1/2)
Anand – Aronian (1/2-1/2)