Carlsen has retained the world title of chess | He does not …

Magnus Carlsen will remain the king of world chess. The Norwegian, who turns 28 this Friday, beat American Fabiano Caruana in London by 3-0 in the quick matches that set the title. They had tied 6 to 6 of the 12 traditional games. In fact, these games had all resulted in tables.

The Norwegian, a celebrity in his country, swept his rival in fast games. Two years earlier, Carlsen had also retained the title he had won in 2013, beating Russian Sergei Kariakin in the deciding game. The current chess champion is the second youngest in history after Garry Kasparov. Caruana, at age 26, was fortunate enough to be the second world champion in history after legendary Bobby Fischer, but he was outflanked tied after drawing in the first round.

Caruana could not cope with the pressure and the badytical ability of his rival in the quick series. So, in the third quick match of today, he dropped after 51 shots. Kasparov himself reflects on the Norwegian. "His level of play in fast games is phenomenal.When we play fast games, we all display a worse level, but this is not the case, has a big advantage in this format," said the l & # 39; former champion via Twitter.

The money to be distributed was one million euros. After winning the championship in the first 12 games, Carlsen would have ended up with 60% of the bag, but at the end of the deciding game, the cast was 55-45.

The Spanish satirical page The World Today could not avoid making humor with the match and mixing it in River-Boca, a failure of the Copa Libertadores. "The chess final is suspended after Caruana supporters attacked the Carlsen bus: a horse, a tower and several pawns were hospitalized," he said on the page a few hours before the checkpoint.