Thursday, November 29, 2018 3:59:20 AM
Carlsen Wins 2018 World Chess Championship In Playoff
"Bye, bobby, good bye, you wrote a great book. Sad you were so used. Thank you."
Carlsen won all three rapid games today to win the 2018 world championship and
retain his title. | Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.
PeterDoggers
Nov 28, 2018, 4:09 PM |
Chess Event Coverage - https://www.chess.com/news/chess-events
Magnus Carlsen convincingly retained his world chess champion title by beating Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in the rapid match at today's tiebreak in London. All 12 classical games had ended in draws. Carlsen won 550,000 euros ($625,100); Caruana got 450,000 euros ($511,400).
"I felt like I had a really good day at work today. Everything kind of went perfectly," said Carlsen.
Carlsen's first reaction after winning today's tiebreak emphasized what had been critical for his victory: having a good day when everything is decided on just one afternoon.
Caruana, who had played such great chess—definitely not worse than his opponent in the classical portion—couldn't say the same.
"It wasn’t a good day for me and Magnus played very well," said Caruana. "I had a very bad start unfortunately, especially the second game."
The kind of picture that says more than a thousand words. | Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.
Carlsen’s decision to offer a draw in a better position on Monday .. https://www.chess.com/news/view/world-chess-championship-game-12-carlsen-offers-draw-in-better-position-to-reach-tiebreaks .. had been heavily criticized by many chess fans, including former world champions Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik. Today, he gave them a proper reply.
By winning all three rapid games, Carlsen silenced his critics and proved that his decision was both practical and founded in his confidence to win the tiebreak. Carlsen chose the path he felt would give the best chance to retain his title, and today he justified that choice.
Carlsen revealed at the press conference that he had made up his mind already before game 12, reasoning: "If I had a slightly favorable position…Then I was indeed going to offer a draw. I understand that’s not the mindset that everybody wants but I felt that’s what gave me the best chance to win the match.”
Carlsen was the first to arrive for the tiebreak. | Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.
More - https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-wins-2018-world-chess-championship-in-playoff
"Bye, bobby, good bye, you wrote a great book. Sad you were so used. Thank you."
Carlsen won all three rapid games today to win the 2018 world championship and
retain his title. | Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.
PeterDoggers
Nov 28, 2018, 4:09 PM |
Chess Event Coverage - https://www.chess.com/news/chess-events
Magnus Carlsen convincingly retained his world chess champion title by beating Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in the rapid match at today's tiebreak in London. All 12 classical games had ended in draws. Carlsen won 550,000 euros ($625,100); Caruana got 450,000 euros ($511,400).
"I felt like I had a really good day at work today. Everything kind of went perfectly," said Carlsen.
Carlsen's first reaction after winning today's tiebreak emphasized what had been critical for his victory: having a good day when everything is decided on just one afternoon.
Caruana, who had played such great chess—definitely not worse than his opponent in the classical portion—couldn't say the same.
"It wasn’t a good day for me and Magnus played very well," said Caruana. "I had a very bad start unfortunately, especially the second game."
The kind of picture that says more than a thousand words. | Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.
Carlsen’s decision to offer a draw in a better position on Monday .. https://www.chess.com/news/view/world-chess-championship-game-12-carlsen-offers-draw-in-better-position-to-reach-tiebreaks .. had been heavily criticized by many chess fans, including former world champions Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik. Today, he gave them a proper reply.
By winning all three rapid games, Carlsen silenced his critics and proved that his decision was both practical and founded in his confidence to win the tiebreak. Carlsen chose the path he felt would give the best chance to retain his title, and today he justified that choice.
Carlsen revealed at the press conference that he had made up his mind already before game 12, reasoning: "If I had a slightly favorable position…Then I was indeed going to offer a draw. I understand that’s not the mindset that everybody wants but I felt that’s what gave me the best chance to win the match.”
Carlsen was the first to arrive for the tiebreak. | Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.
More - https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-wins-2018-world-chess-championship-in-playoff
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