The World Chess Championship in London May End in Armageddon – Chess, Ladies – Others

All the great chess masters of November could not determine who would become the new world champion.

American Fabiano Caruana wants to remove current champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway from the podium. But all 12 games ended in a draw.

After their last match on Monday did not determine the winner, the fate of the crown of failures will be decided on Wednesday match break – a series of fast games that can end decisive lightning party who calls himself "Armageddon".

If Caruana wins, he will be the first American world champion since the victory of Bobby Fisher in 1972. But for that, he will have to defeat the fierce resistance of Carlsen, world champion since 2013 and most noted chess player at world. In addition to the title, the winner match break will receive a prize of 1 million euros.

Throughout the match, the chess players were closed in a soundproof room. The 12th match lasted three hours, until Carlsen offered a draw to his opponent. A series of 12 draws makes this match for the championship one of the most obstinate in the history of chess.

Out of match will be a series of ever faster lots.

Carlsen is considered the favorite because he has a lot of experience in winning in fast games.

However, former world champion Garry Kasparov on Twitter wrote that a draw in the last game with a better position with Carlsen showed that the Norwegian did not resist the nerves.

In normal games at the beginning of the game, each player at the clock has 100 minutes and time is added during the match. From the outside, it often seems that the grandmasters sit for a few minutes watching the board.

But in match break in the first four games, each player only has 25 minutes plus 10 seconds after each turn.

If after four games the champion is not detected, then two lightning party – five minutes per player and plus 3 seconds for each round. In such conditions, it is easier to be wrong.

If there is a tie after the blitz, the last game is played: "Armageddon". In such a game, the winner will be inevitable – in case of a tie, Black will get the point. To compensate for this injustice, we give Black four minutes and White five minutes (as in a blitz).