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Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana are in their world championship match playing a straightforward 34-move draw in Game 4 on Tuesday afternoon in London. There was added spice away from play, though, as it was reported that it was revealed to the public by Caruana's confidential preparation.
Carlsen, Playing with the White Pieces, Offered to the Onlookers with the Geographically Appropriate English Opening, a choice he had played only once in all-time classical meetings with his rival American. A predictable line followed by 10 moves to the next year. Caruana, who had struggled with time in early games, was struck with 11. … Bd6.
The players
Norway's Magnus Carlsen is defending the world championship against Fabiano Caruana of the United States. The best-of-12-games match is taking place at the College in Holborn between 9 and 28 November, with the winner earning a 60% share of the € 1m ($ 1.14m) prize fund if the match ends in regulation (or 55 % if it's decided by tie-break games).
Carlsen, 27, has been ranked # 1 for eight straight years and is considered to be the best player of the year. candidates tournament in March. No American-born player has won or even competed for the world title since Bobby Fischer in 1972.
It marks the first title match between the world's top two players since 1990, when Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov faced off for a fifth and final time.
The format
The match will consist of 12 classical games with each player awarded one point for a win and a half-point for a draw. Whoever reaches six and half points first will be declared champion.
The time control for each game is 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, 50 minutes for the next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. Players can not agree to a draw before Black's 30th move.
If the match is tied after 12 games, tie-breaks will be played on the final day in the following order:
• 25 minutes for each player with an increment of 10 seconds after each move.
• If still tied, they will play to mini-matches of two blitz games (five minutes for each player with a three-second increment).
• If all five mini matches are drawn, one sudden-death 'Armegeddon' will be played where White receives five minutes and Black receives four minutes. Both players will receive a three-second increment after the 60th move. In the case of a draw, Black will be declared the winner.
The schedule
Thu 8 Nov – Opening ceremony
Fri 9 Nov – Game 1
Sat 10 Nov – Game 2
Sun 11 Nov – Rest day
My 12 Nov – Game 3
Kill 13 Nov – Game 4
Wed 14 Nov – Rest day
Thu 15 Nov – Game 5
Fri 16 Nov – Game 6
Sat 17 Nov – Rest day
Sun 18 Nov – Game 7
My Nov 19 – Game 8
Tue 20 Nov – Rest day
Wed 21 Nov – Game 9
Thu 22 Nov – Game 10
Fri 23 Nov – Rest day
Sat 24 Nov – Game 11
Sun 25 Nov – Rest day
My 26 Nov – Game 12
Tue 27 Nov – Rest day
Wed 28 Nov – Tie-break games / Awards and closing
The games starts each day at 3pm in London.
The world No 1 has been created in the past, but it is still more likely to be exploited and the game has been introduced (18. … Bxe4 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. dxe4).
A series of moves (25. … Rdc8 26. Rc2 Ra4 27. Kf3) during the final hour exposed vulnerabilities on the b4 and c6 squares many games, after less than three hours.
Carlsen and Caruana remain deadlocked in their world title match Tuesday's Game 4 draw.
"It seems to be out-prepared with the black pieces so far so I'll have to try harder," Carlsen said in a television interview.
An uncomplicated day on the board at the College in Holborn started with controversy on Tuesday morning when a two-minute clip showing details of Caruana's top-secret preparation was uploaded to the St. Louis Chess Club's YouTube channel before it was quickly taken down, but not before a crucial screen shot was captured and disseminated on social media.
Olimpiu G. Urcan
(@Olimpiuurcan)This morning 2 minute clip from one of Caruana's training camps has been uploaded to YouTube (now deleted). It featured various activities, chess included. Viewers could also see a ChessBase file laid open. The greatest intel blunder in chess history or a hoax? pic.twitter.com/nwHL75M2cC
The footage included a shot of an interview with Caruana along with the names of three grandmasters – Leinier Domínguez, Alejandro Ramírez, and Ioan-Cristian Chirila – who could potentially be working as seconds in the American's camp.
The apparently accidental release immediately prompted speculation that it was a terrible blunder by Caruana's club – one that would cost him months of preparation – or a deliberate misinformation campaign intended to spread false intelligence to the Carlsen camp.
Caruana was polite but terse in the course of Tuesday's post-game press conference, though Carlsen's response was somewhat more glib.
"Well, I'll have a look at the video and then make up my mind," the Norwegian champion said with a wry smile, prompting laughter from the press gallery. "We'll see then."
Carlsen's manager Espen Agdestein said he believed it was a mistake by Caruana's camp in a quote reported by leading Norwegian chess journalist Tarjei Svensen.
"I think this is real," Agdestein said. "It can happen by mistake, and we've been close to making the same mistake. It's more likely that it was staged. "
Norwegian chess grandmaster Jon Ludvig Hammer believes the information is authentic, representing a devastating setback for the American challenger.
"This is the opening library of Caruana," Hammer said on Norwegian VG television station. "This was so much detail and in-depth information about the world championship match. It is obvious that this is relevant. "
Both players will look forward to Wednesday's rest day before the best-of-12-games match with Caruana playing in Thursday's Game 5.
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