Carlsen again world champion of chess: triumph in a tie-break

The 27-year-old Norwegian Magnus Carlsen has defended the attack of American challenger Fabiano Caruana on his throne of failures and will continue to be world champion. He triumphed in the, after a total of 12 draws in a hard dual to classic chess, became necessary fast chess games more clearly than by 3: 0 by.

More sports news can be found here

In decisive mode, Carlsen has proved far superior to Caruana, 26 years old. After his first World Cup win in 2013, the world's number one in London's "The College" successfully defended his title for the third time. On a fund of one million euros, he obtained 550,000 euros.

"I always followed my own path and I did it again – and he brought me this trophy," commented Carlsen about his title.

"The result shows that he is the strongest player in the world," said the late Caruana. "I played against one of the most talented players in the history of chess, and considering all that I have," tweeted the Italian-American later.

Carlsen wins his first match with end of round

In the first game of the match-break, Carlsen chose with Weiss the English opening and a rare variant. He initially sacrificed a pawn, but he had the strong pair of runners and the best peasant structure.

After Caruana put his rider on the wrong pitch on the 19th stroke, Carlsen forced an end-of-turn with an extra pawn. Here, he acted with a strong sovereign technique and finally won thanks to two unstoppable pawns on the king.

World Champion Power Demonstration

The second part of the Tiebreaks was a demonstration of Carlsen's power. The great masters repeated the same variant of the twelfth game with a classical reflection. In a very complicated situation, Caruana is put at risk with an advance on the part of a farmer.

Carlsen sacrificed a figure to stop the farmer, but it was built in the center against the white woman and the rest in the middle of the table, such threats that Caruana had to give up after 28 moves.

Caruana has to put everything on a map – and give up

In the third game, Caruana put everything on a card with Black. He chose the Sicilian defense, but he was never able to put up significant pressure.

In the final, Carlsen had already pushed his pawns and even had a new lady. Caruana congratulated his opponent in a desperate situation after 54 moves.

Overall, extremely well balanced World Cup

The World Cup was very balanced from the start. In almost every game, opponents have been neutralized and shared without much excitement. But there were also times when the match could have taken a very different course, much more dramatic.

From the beginning, Magnus Carlsen missed several chances to win with Black. It was a great fight and a marathon with seven hours of play and 115 shots played.

After that, both players fled the risk. It was not until the sixth match that Caruana had his first chance to take the advantage, but left them unused.

Both teams were well prepared

The two great masters and their teams had prepared their openings very well with Schwarz for the World Cup. The second half of the match was characterized in particular by the route of the spectacular white parts of Caruana.

From the eighth match, Caruana is involved in an open battle in the Sicilian defense chosen by Carlsen in every game.

Caruana is not random – maybe too hesitant

He surprised the world champion with a new idea and had the chance to decisively attack Carlsen's weakened king. Caruana however hesitated and the 27-year-old Norwegian overcame the shock.

In the end, Carlsen headed for the tie-break, where he was considered the best player. The plan worked. (Cs / dpa)