Magnus Carlsen swept Fabiano Caruana in the fast paced games and extends a reign that began in 2013

The match of the World Chess Championship followed a scenario that seemed pre-established.

Magnus Carlsen

he relied on his skill for fast games and therefore, he did not try too much to minimize the importance of games at a clbadic pace, and then easily won the decisive game by 3 to 0. Thus, the Norwegian proved to be a more complete player than his rival. Fabiano Caruana, who has resisted the matches well, but paid tribute to his slow reflexes.

The story ends well for Carlsen, but leaves arguments to those who claim that it is not at the level of historical champions such as Kasparov, who put pressure on their rivals from the beginning, or Fischer, who had a maximalist attitude before every game.

With the victory over Caruana, Carlsen expands his reign that began in 2013, in Chennai, India. There, he beat Viswanathan Anand. Success he repeated in 2014 in Sochi, Russia. In 2016, the duel was in New York and the rival was the Russian Sergey Kariakin. The Norwegian has retained the crown he has held since 2013 and has won a one – million dollar prize from the College of Holborn, London, where the 12 – match series normally takes place. was completed evenly. A fact with rare precedents in 132 years of history that forced the tiebreaker with the chess player born in Miami of Italian parents who defended the colors of the United States.

The badysis of the second tiebreaker match, the only one that ended with knockout

White: Caruana, F. Blacks: Carlsen, M London 2018.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Ee7 9.c4 Ng6 10.Da4 Bd7 11.Bb4 Db8. (Carlsen changes from game 12 in which he played 11 … Af5.) 12.h4 h5 13.Ae3 a6 14.Nc3 a5 15.Bb3 a4! 16.Dd1. (If the lady was going to b4, Carlsen's plan might be that of the bishop via e7 / d8 / a5.) Ae7 17.g3 Dc8 18.Ae2 Ag4 19.Tc1 Ax2 20.Dxe2 Df5. (Blacks have reached a comfortable position, especially when Caruana is forced to risk losing the first game of the decisive game.) 21.c5 0-0 22.c6. (The equality was maintained with 22.cxd6 Axd6.) 22 … bxc6 23.dxc6 Tfc8 24.Qc4 Ad8 25.Nd5 e4! (With the king without a castle, the horse's appearance by e5 is deadly.) 26.c7 Axc7! 27.Cxc7 Ce5 28.Nd5. (Neither one nor the other has served 28.Qd5 Tab8 threatening Txc7 and Cf3 + Si, for example, 29.Rf1 Df3 30.Tg1 Txb2 Black wins easily.) 28 … Kh7! (0-1)