World Chess Championship 2016
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| Magnus Carlsen | Sergei Karjakin | |
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| status | Defending champion, world champion since 2013 |
Challenger, Candidates Tournament Winner |
| Age | 25/26 years | 26 years |
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Elo rating (November 2016) |
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The 2016 World Chess Championship was the duel for the title of world chess champion between defending champion Magnus Carlsen and his challenger Sergei Karjakin . It took place from November 11th to 30th, 2016 in New York .
After ten draws and one win each of the opponents, a tie of 6: 6 was reached after twelve games played. In the tiebreak that followed , Carlsen won the last two matches in four rapid chess games after two draws and thus defended his title with 9: 7 points.
The prize money totaled 1.1 million US dollars for both players.
Candidates tournament
In the candidates' tournament from March 10 to 28, 2016 in Moscow, eight top players determined the challenger in a double round. Karjakin won the tournament with 8½ points from 14 games ahead of Fabiano Caruana and former world champion Viswanathan Anand (7½ each).
The opponents
For Carlsen it was the third World Cup and the second title defense after 2013 and 2014. It was Karjakin's first participation in the World Cup. Before the World Cup, Carlsen and Karjakin played 21 games against each other, with Carlsen winning four times and Karjakin once; 16 games ended in a draw.
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Modalities
venue
The venue was the Fulton Market Building, the converted building of the former Fulton Fish Market on Fulton Street at South Street Seaport in south Manhattan .
Competition mode
The competition was scheduled for a maximum of twelve regular games. The player who would reach 6½ points first should be world champion. The time to think about the regular games was 100 minutes for 40 moves, then an additional 50 minutes for 20 moves, then an additional 15 minutes for the rest of the game and 30 bonus seconds per move from the first move. Electronic clocks were used for this. Under threat of a fine of up to 5000 euros , draws before Black's 30th move were prohibited. A draw request to the referee in the case of three repetitions of positions was permissible.
The right of suit changed after each game, except after the sixth, so that the opponents in games six and seven each played with the same color.
After a result of 6: 6 - as it actually happened - the regulations provided for a tie-break with a shorter reflection period. The tie-break to be played after a day of rest consisted of four rapid chess games with a time limit of 25 minutes plus ten seconds per move. There was a break of at least ten minutes between the games.
If the score was 2-2, up to five rounds of blitz chess would have been played. If this had not led to a decision either, a last so-called Armageddon game would have been played with an asymmetrical reflection time. In the event of a draw, the player with the black pieces would have been declared the winner.
Takis Nikolopoulos from Greece acted as the main referee .
Transfer of the games
The games began at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time ; H. 8:00 p.m. CET . They were broadcast live on the Internet by the organizer for a fee and commented by Judit Polgár . In a procedure before the commercial court in Moscow, the host failed with a claim for damages against a chess portal that also offered live commentary - and free of charge.
Prize money
The total prize money was $ 1.1 million for both players. In the event of a win in the regular match, 60% of this would have gone to the winner and 40% to the loser. After playing the tie break, the winner got 55% and the loser 45%. Since Carlsen did not attend the press conference according to his contract after his lost game, 10% would have been deducted from his prize money according to the contract. This was subsequently reduced to 5%, half of which went to the organizer and half to FIDE.
course
The competition, initially scheduled for twelve regular games, began with a series of seven draw games. In the eighth game, challenger Karjakin won with the black pieces. With a win in the tenth game, world champion Carlsen equalized the competition status again. Since the last two regular games ended in a draw, a tiebreak over four rapid chess games had to bring the decision. Carlsen won the tiebreak 3-1 and successfully defended his world title.
In addition to the high draw rate (ten draws in twelve regular games), the choice of openings was exceptional: 10 of the 16 games played (including a tie-break) began with one or the other variant of the Spanish game. Karjakin only deviated from this system once with the white pieces, and that was in the seventh game, which he started with d4, which Carlsen answered with the Slav Defense.
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| Lot | Date (2016) | Game result | opening | ECO key | Trains | Intermediate result | Link (Chessbomb.com) | ||
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| 1 | Fri, November 11th | ½ | ½ | Trompowsky opening | A45 | 42 | ½ | ½ | Game 1 |
| 2 | Sat, November 12th | ½ | ½ | Spanish game | C84 | 33 | 1 | 1 | Game 2 |
| 3 | Mon, November 14th | ½ | ½ | Spanish game (Berlin Defense) | C67 | 78 | 1½ | 1½ | Game 3 |
| 4th | Tuesday 15th November | ½ | ½ | Spanish game | C77 | 94 | 2 | 2 | Game 4 |
| 5 | Thursday 17th November | ½ | ½ | Italian game | C50 | 51 | 2½ | 2½ | Game 5 |
| 6th | Fri, November 18 | ½ | ½ | Spanish game | C88 | 32 | 3 | 3 | Game 6 |
| 7th | So, November 20th | ½ | ½ | Slav Defense | D10 | 33 | 3½ | 3½ | Game 7 |
| 8th | Mon, November 21 | 0 | 1 | Colle-Zukertort system | D05 | 52 | 3½ | 4½ | Game 8 |
| 9 | Wed, November 23 | ½ | ½ | Spanish game | C78 | 74 | 4th | 5 | Game 9 |
| 10 | Thursday, November 24th | 1 | 0 | Spanish game (Berlin Defense) | C65 | 75 | 5 | 5 | Game 10 |
| 11 | Sat, November 26th | ½ | ½ | Spanish game | C84 | 34 | 5½ | 5½ | Game 11 |
| 12 | Mon, November 28th | ½ | ½ | Spanish game (Berlin Defense) | C67 | 30th | 6th | 6th | Game 12 |
| Tie breaks | Carlsen | Karjakin | Carlsen | Karjakin | |||||
| 1 | Wed, November 30th | ½ | ½ | Spanish game | C84 | 37 | 6½ | 6½ | Rapid chess game 1 |
| 2 | Wed, November 30th | ½ | ½ | Italian game | C50 | 84 | 7th | 7th | Rapid chess game 2 |
| 3 | Wed, November 30th | 1 | 0 | Spanish game | C84 | 38 | 8th | 7th | Rapid game 3 |
| 4th | Wed, November 30th | 1 | 0 | Sicilian Defense | B55 | 50 | 9 | 7th | Rapid game 4 |
Long games
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- Carlsen-Karjakin ½: ½
- New York, November 11, 2016
- Trompowsky opening, A45
- 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bb5 e6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nd2 Bxc5 9. Ngf3 0–0 10. 0–0 Sa5 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Qc3 Qd5 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. Rxc4 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Rd8 20. g3 Rd7 21. Kf1 f5 22. Ke2 Bf6 23. b3 Kf8 24. h3 h6 25. Ne1 Ke7 26.Nd3 Kd8 27.f4 h5 28. a4 Rd5 29.Nc5 b6 30.Na6 Be7 31.Nb8 a5 32.Nc6 + Ke8 33.Ne5 Bc5 34.Rc3 Ke7 35.Rd3 Rxd3 36.Kxd3 f6 37. Nc6 + Kd6 38. Nd4 Kd5 39. Nb5 Kc6 40. Nd4 + Kd6 41. Nb5 + Kd7 42. Nd4 Kd6 ½: ½
Carlsen led the white stones and surprisingly chose the Trompowsky opening, which is very rarely played in the world elite, then he deviated from the familiar paths on move six. Karjakin subsequently defended cautiously and was always able to balance the game.
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- Karjakin-Carlsen ½: ½
- New York, November 12, 2016
- Spanish game, C84
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0–0 9. Nc3 Sa5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. d4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Re8 13. Ta1 Nc4 14. Re1 Rc8 15. h3 h6 16. b3 Nb6 17. Bb2 Bf8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. a4 c6 20. Qxd8 Rcxd8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ne2 Bb4 23. Bc3 Lxc3 24. Nxc3 Nbd7 25.Ra6 Rc8 26.b4 Re6 27.Rb1 c5 28.Rxe6 fxe6 29.Nxb5 cxb4 30.Rxb4 Rxc2 31.Nd6 Rc1 + 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Kg1 ½: ½
It came to a duel in the Spanish opening, in which both sides never came under serious pressure. In the end, an exchange combination led to a draw by repetition of moves .
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- Carlsen-Karjakin ½: ½
- New York, November 14, 2016
- Spanish Part (Berlin Defense), C67
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0–0 Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 0–0 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2 b6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf4 Rxe1 13. Qxe1 De7 14.Nc3 Bb7 15. Qxe7 Bxe7 16. a4 a6 17.g3 g5 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f5 21. Nd5 Kf7 22. Ne3 Kf6 23.Nc4 Bf8 24. Re1 Rd8 25. f4 gxf4 26. gxf4 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ne3 c6 29. Kf3 Ra8 30. Rg1 Ra2 31. b3 c5 32. Rg8 Kf7 33. Rg2 cxd4 34. Nxf5 d3 35. cxd3 Ra1 36. Nd4 b4 37. Rg5 Rb1 38. Rf5 + Ke8 39. Rb5 Rf1 + 40. Ke4 Re1 + 41. Kf5 Rd1 42. Re5 + Kf7 43.Rd5 Rxd3 44.Rxd7 + Ke8 45.Rd5 Rh3 46. Re5 + Kf7 47.Re2 Bg7 48.Nc6 Rh5 + 49.Kg4 Rc5 50. Nd8 + Kg6 51. Ne6 h5 + 52. Kf3 Rc3 + 53. Ke4 Bf6 54. Re3 h4 55. h3 Rc1 56. Nf8 + Kf7 57. Nd7 Ke6 58. Nb6 Rd1 59. f5 + Kf7 60. Nc4 Rd4 + 61. Kf3 Bg5 62. Re4 Rd3 + 63. Kg4 Rg3 + 64. Kh5 Be7 65. Ne5 + Kf6 66. Ng4 + Kf7 67. Re6 Rxh3 68. Ne5 + Kg7 69. Rxe7 + Kf6 70. Nc6 Kxf5 71. Sa5 Rh1 72. Rb7 Ra1 73. Rb5 + Kf4 74. Rxb4 75. Rg4 + Kf2 76. Nc4 h3 77. Rh4 Kg3 78. Rg4 + Kf2 ½: ½
In the renewed testing of the Spanish game, now the Berlin Defense, an even game resulted, which was tightened by Carlsen. Karjakin failed in the ensuing entanglements, but subsequently defended himself well. In the end, Carlsen maneuvered with a multi-figure. After a mistake by both players on move 70, the defending champion skipped the no longer easy-to-find path to victory on move 72, and Karjakin's persistent defense was rewarded with a draw.
The game lasted almost seven hours.
4th game
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- Karjakin-Carlsen ½: ½
- New York, November 15, 2016
- Spanish game, C77
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0–0 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 12. c3 Bf8 13. Nf1 h6 14. S3h2 d5 15. Qf3 Sa5 16. Ba2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nc4 18. Bxh6 Qc6 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Be3 Nxe4 21. Ng3 Nd6 22. Rad1 Tab8 23.Bc1 f6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25.Ng4 Rb5 26.f3 f5 27.Nf2 Be7 28.f4 Bh4 29. fxe5 Bxg3 30. exd6 Rxe1 + 31.Rxe1 cxd6 32.Rd1 Kf7 33.Rd4 Re5 34.Kf1 Rd5 35.Rxd5 Bxd5 36.Lg5 Kg6 37. h4 Kh5 38.Nh3 Bf7 39. Be7 Bxh4 40. Bxd6 Bd8 41. Ke2 g5 42. Nf2 Kg6 43. g4 Bb6 44. Be5 a5 45. Nd1 f4 46. Bd4 Bc7 47. Nf2 Be6 48. Kf3 Bd5 + 49. Ke2 Bg2 50. Kd2 Kf7 51. Kc2 Bd5 52. Kd2 Bd8 53. Kc2 Ke6 54. Kd2 Kd7 55. Kc2 Kc6 56. Kd2 Kb5 57. Kc1 Ka4 58. Kc2 Bf7 59. Kc1 Bg6 60. Kd2 Kb3 61. Kc1 Bd3 62. Nh3 Ka2 63. Bc5 Be2 64. Nf2 Bf3 65. Kc2 Bc6 66. Bd4 Bd7 67. Bc5 Bc7 68. Bd4 Be6 69. Bc5 f3 70.Be3 Bd7 71. Kc1 Bc8 72. Kc2 Bd7 73. Kc1 Bf4 74. Bxf4 gxf4 75. Kc2 Be6 76. Kc1 Lc8 77. Kc2 Be6 78. Kc1 Kb3 79. Kb1 Ka4 80. Kc2 Kb5 81. Kd2 Kc6 82. Ke1 Kd5 83. Kf1 Ke5 84. Kg1 Kf6 85. Ne4 + Kg6 86. Kf2 Bxg4 87. Nd2 Be6 88. Kxf3 Kf5 89. a4 Bd5 + 90. Kf2 Kg4 91. Nf1 Kg5 92. Nd2 Kf5 93. Ke2 Kg4 94. Kf2 ½: ½
From the 18th move, Carlsen took the initiative . Since he couldn't find the best continuation on move 42 (42 ... Bd5) and Karjakin defended himself carefully, he couldn't get past a draw in the longest game of the match.
The game lasted more than five hours.
5th game
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- Carlsen-Karjakin ½: ½
- New York, November 17, 2016
- Italian game, C50
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This was the first game in which the world champion could have lost. The move 41. Kg2 was criticized because it blocked the white heavy pieces from accessing the h-file. After the challenger's pawn sacrifice in the diagram position, it was necessary to increase the pressure on the open h-file by pulling the black rook.
The game lasted more than five hours.
6th game
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- Karjakin-Carlsen ½: ½
- New York, November 18, 2016
- Spanish game, C88
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 0–0 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Bf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. Ne4 f6 16. Nf3 f5 17. Seg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Ne6 Qd5 20. f3 Rfe8 21. Re5 Qd6 22. c3 Rxe6 23.Rxe6 Qxe6 24. cxb4 cxb4 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8 + Qxc8 27. De1 Qd7 28. Kh2 a5 29. De3 Bd5 30. Qb6 Bxb3 31. Qxa5 Qxd3 32. Qxb4 Be6 ½: ½
With a playing time of only 1 hour 33 minutes, the sixth game was the shortest of the competition until then.
7th game
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- Karjakin-Carlsen ½: ½
- New York, November 20, 2016
- Slav Defense, D10
- 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e6 7. Nf3 c5 8. 0–0 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Nd2 Bxc5 12. Nde4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. b3 Nb4 15. Bf3 0–0 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Nf6 + Bxf6 18. Bxb7 Bxa1 19. Bxb4 Bf6 20. Bxf8 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxf8 22. Bxa6 b4 23. Rc1 g6 24. Rc2 Ta8 25. Bd3 Td8 26. Be2 Kf8 27. Kf1 Ta8 28. Bc4 Rc8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. f4 h6 31. Kf3 Rc7 32. g4 g5 33. Ke4 Rc8 ½: ½
Carlsen reached a comfortable position with Black early on, but lost a pawn as a result of 16.… Rc8 and thereby robbed himself of any hope of victory. After a board-spanning exchange operation there was an even endgame in which Karjakin decided against further attempts to win with the fixed pawn, so that a draw was agreed early on.
In the press conference that followed, Carlsen himself described his 16th move as a “blunder” (blunder). He also expressed his regret that the games so far had been "interesting" but not spectacular.
8th game
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- Carlsen-Karjakin 0-1
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In the eighth game there was initially a time emergency from the 30th to the 40th move. Karjakin captured a pawn, after which Carlsen lost a second pawn through a mistake. However, since Karjakin overlooked a mini combination, Carlsen initially equalized the game, but stayed in defense against a strong passed pawn. Karjakin sacrificed this after provoking a weakening on Carlsen's kingside in order to distract the white queen from all chess possibilities. With the choice between the threat of conversion and the inevitable Matt confronted Carlsen gave up the game. The computer program at ChessBomb sees Carlsen's penultimate move 51. Qe6 as a decisive mistake. Carlsen kept taking risks throughout the game. He avoided moves that would have drawn positions and gambled for profit.
The game lasted over five hours.
9th game
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- Karjakin-Carlsen ½: ½
- New York, November 23, 2016
- Spanish part (modern variant), C78
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Sa3 0–0 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Bc2 exd4 14. Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qf6 18. Be3 c5 19. e5 De6 20. exd6 c4 21. b3 cxb3 22. Bxb3 Qxd6 23.Ra6 Rfd8 24. Rg1 Qd7 25.Rg4 Nf6 26.Rg4 Qb5 27.Ra1 g6 28.Rb1 Qd7 29.Qd3 Nd5 30.Rg1 Bc7 31.Bg5 Re8 32.Qc4 Rb5 33.Qc2 Ra8 34.Bc4 Rba5 35.Bd2 Ra4 36.Qd3 Ra1 37. Rxa1 Rxa1 + 38. Kg2 Ne7 39. Bxf7 + Kxf7 40. Qc4 + Kg7 41. d5 Nf5 42. Bc3 + Kf8 43. Lxa1 Nxh4 + 44. Qxh4 Qxd5 45. Qf6 + Qf7 46. Qd4 Qe8 47. Qd5 + Qd8 48. Qd8. Qd5 + Qd8 50. De4 + De7 51.Be5 De6 52. Kg2 Be7 53. Qa8 + Kf7 54. Qa8 h5 55. Qg7 Ke8 56. Bf4 Qf7 57. Qh8 + Qf8 58. Qd4 Qf5 59. Qc4 Kd7 60. Bd2 Qe6 61. Qa4 + Qc6 62. Qa7 + Qc7 63. Qa2 Qd6 64. Be3 Qe6 65. Qa7 + Ke8 66. Bc5 Bd8 67. h3 Qd5 68. Be3 Be7 69. Qb8 + Kf7 70. Qh8 Qe6 71. Bf4 Qf6 72. Qb8 Qe6 73. Qb7 Kg8 74. Qb5 Bf6 (=) ½: ½
After a Spanish opening by Karjakin, Carlsen was looking for a dynamic game with Black in the Modern Variation, known for options for sharp positions. However, Carlsen came under heavy pressure in the middle game. His opponent received a material advantage, but with a poorer pawn structure. In the diagram position, both players used up almost all of their remaining time to think about it. Karjakin decided on the principle bishop sacrifice on f7, which promised a good attack. Carlsen then defended himself carefully and saved the game in a safe draw. Nevertheless, Karjakin continued to play a good 30 moves without making any significant change in position before offering a draw after a total of 74 moves.
Instead of Karjakin's 39.Bxf7 + , both the commentators during the game and Carlsen after the game suggested 39. Qb3 . After 39.… Nf5 40. Bxf7 + Kg7 41. Rh3 Qe7 42. Bg8 h5 43. d5 White would open the big diagonal for his bishop and should have better chances of winning than after the text move, although this variant still has complications due to the open Royal positions could result. Karjakin frankly admitted that he had n't played 39. Qb3 because he had n't seen the continuation with 42. Bg8 during the game.
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- Carlsen-Karjakin 1-0
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- Spanish Game (Berlin Defense), C65
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 0–0 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. 0–0 d6 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc4 Nf4 12. Ne3 Qf6 13. g3 Nh3 + 14. Kh1 Ne7 15. Bc4 c6 16. Bb3 Ng6 17. De2 a5 18. a4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nd2 d5 21. Qh5 Ng5 22. h4 Nf3 23. Nxf3 Qxf3 + 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25.Kg2 Rf7 26.Rfe1 h5 27.Nf1 Kf8 28.Nd2 Ke7 29.Re2 Kd6 30.Nf3 Raf8 31.Ng5 Re7 32.Ra1 Rfe8 33.Nf3 Nh8 34. d4 exd4 35.Nxd4 g6 36.Re3 Nf7 37. e5 + Kd7 38.Rf3 Nh6 39.Rf6 Rg7 40. b4 axb4 41. cxb4 Ng8 42.Rf3 Nh6 43. a5 Nf5 44. Nb3 Kc7 45. Nc5 Kb8 46. Rb1 Ka7 47.Rd3 Rc7 48.Ra3 Nd4 49.Rd1 Nf5 50. Kh3 Nh6 51. f3 Rf7 52. Rd4 Nf5 53. Rd2 Rh7 54. Rb3 Tee7 55. Rdd3 Rh8 56. Rb1 Thh7 57. b5 cxb5 58. Rxb5 d4 59. Rb6 Rc7 60. Nxe6 Rc3 61. Nf4 Rhc7 62. Nd5 Rxd3 63. Nxc7 Kb8 64. Nb5 Kc8 65. Rxg6 Rxf3 66. Kg2 Rb3 67. Nd6 + Nxd6 68. Rxd6 Re3 69. e6 Kc7 70. Rxd4 Rxe6 71. Rd5 Rh6 72. Kf3 Kb8 74. Kg4 Ka7 75. Kf6 1-0
With the black pieces Karjakin skipped the sure draw by 20.… Nxf2 + after a rare opening variation in the Berlin defense . After 21. Kg2 Nh4 +! 22. Kg1 ( 22. gxh4 Qg6 + with advantage for Black) 22.… Nh3 + 23. Kh1 Nf2 + a repetition of moves can be forced. After that he found himself in a slightly advantageous position for White. Carlsen navigated, where he managed to gradually expand his positional advantage and after six and a half hours to achieve the victory, which meant the equalization in the duel. Carlsen stated immediately after the game that he had initially overlooked the possible move 20.… Nxf2 + : “ I just missed that he could take on f2 and then it would be a draw immediately. ”() Karjakin, on the other hand, stated at the press conference that he had seen the move, but not the forced permanent check afterwards.
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Instead of striking back on c3 here, Carlsen surprised the opponent with 19.… d5!
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- Karjakin-Carlsen ½: ½
- New York, November 26, 2016
- Spanish game (center attack), C84
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0–0 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nxf6 + Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. f4 c5 15. Qg4 Qd7 16. f5 Tae8 17. Bd2 c4 18. h3 c3 19. bxc3 d5 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 dxe4 22. fxe6 Rxf1 + 23. Rxf1 Qxe6 24. cxd4 e3 25. Re1 h6 26. Qh5 e2 27. Qf3 a5 28. c3 Qa2 29. Qc6 Re6 30. Qc8 + Kh7 31. c4 Qd2 32. Qxe6 Qxe1 + 33. Kh2 Qf2 34. Qe4 + ½: ½
The Spanish game came on the board again. Karjakin won with white peasant majority on the kingside , while Carlsen with black and a space advantage in the center gained and on the queenside. The position was considered even when Carlsen decided to make a pawn breakthrough in the center. After Karjakin took on c3, Carlsen did not take back, but played the move 19.… d5 , completely surprising . Commentator Judit Polgár immediately praised this move as Carlsen's best move in the entire competition so far, both from a strategic and psychological point of view.
However, Karjakin kept his cool and opted for a very solid defense. In the following moves Carlsen did manage to form a passed pawn and advance to e2. However, the conversion ultimately failed because the white queen could threaten perpetual chess on move 34 , so that the eleventh game also ended in a draw. Karjakin later said that he saw the move 19.… d5 , but underestimated what was a bit “carefree” in his situation.
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- Carlsen-Karjakin ½: ½
- New York, November 28, 2016
- Spanish game (Rio de Janeiro variant), C67
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0–0 Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 0–0 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Sa3 c6 16. Nc2 Ng7 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 De7 21. Qxe7 Bxe7 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Kf1 f6 24. g4 Kf7 25. h3 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. Ke2 Kd7 28. Kd3 Ke6 29. a4 a6 30. f3 Be7 ½: ½
The players were obviously aiming for a quick draw on move 30 with extreme speed in order to reach the tie-break without violating the 30- move rule . The game was over after just 40 minutes.
Tie-break
- November 30, 2016
After the first rapid game had ended in a draw, Carlsen chose the Italian opening in the second (as in the fifth regular game) and achieved a very promising position. Karjakin ran into acute time problems several times, but Carlsen could not convert his positional advantage into a victory. Instead, Karjakin managed to escape into stalemate with a surprising combination . Karjakin also came under strong pressure in the third rapid game and this time Carlsen was able to convert his advantage into a victory. The last game looked like a Sicilian Defense a surprising exchange sacrifice Karjakin, which, however, did not bring the hoped-attack against Carlsen's king. When Karjakin finally threatened Matt, Carlsen beat him with a forced mate attack with queen sacrifice .
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- Spanish game, C84
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- Carlsen – Karjakin ½: ½
- Italian game, C50
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. 0–0 Nf6 5. d3 0–0 6. a4 a6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1 Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bf1 a5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 Be6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 b5 18. Ne3 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Bxe3 20. Bxe3 Rxa4 21. Qxa4 Nxe4 22. Rc1 Bd5 23. b5 cxb5 24. Qxe4 Qxc1 25. Qxd5 Qc7 26. Qxb5 Rb8 27. Qd5 Rd8 28. Qb3 Rb8 29. Qa2 h6 30. Qd5 De7 31. De4 Qf6 32.g3 Rc8 33.Bd3 Qc6 34. Qf5 Re8 35.Be4 De6 36. Qh5 Ne7 37. Qxe5 Qxe5 38.Nxe5 Ng6 39. Bxg6 Rxe5 40. Bd3 f6 41. Kg2 Kh8 42. Kf3 Td5 43. Bg6 Ra5 44. Ke4 Rb5 45. h4 Re5 + 46. Kd4 Ra5 47. Kc4 Re5 48. Bd4 Ra5 49. Bc5 Kg8 50. Kd5 Rb5 51. Kd6 Ra5 52. Be3 Re5 53. Bf4 Ra5 54. Bd3 Ra7 55. Ke6 Rb7 56. Kf5 Rd7 57.Bc2 Rb7 58. Kg6 Rb2 59. Bf5 Rxf2 60. Be6 + Kh8 61. Bd6 Re2 62. Bg4 Re8 63. Bf5 Kg8 64. Lc2 Re3 65. Bb1 Kh8 66. Kf7 Rb3 67. Be4 Re3 68. Bf5 Rc3 69.g4 Rc6 70. Bf8 Rc7 + 71. Kg6 Kg8 72. Bb4 Rb7 73. Bd6 Kh8 74. Bf8 Kg8 75.Ba3 Kh8 76. Be6 Rb6 77. Kf7 Rb7 + 78.Be7 h5 79. gxh5 f5 80.Bxf5 Rxe7 + 81.Kxe7 Kg8 82.Bd3 Kh8 83.Kf8 g5 84. hxg6 e. p. patt ½: ½
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- Karjakin – Carlsen 0-1
- Spanish game, C84
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0–0 Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 0–0 9. Nc3 Sa5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Nd4 13.Ng5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nd2 f4 17. c3 Nf5 18. Ne4 De8 19. Bb3 Qg6 20. f3 Bh4 21. a4 Nf6 22. De2 a5 23. axb5 axb4 24.Bd2 bxc3 25.Bxc3 Ne3 26.Rfc1 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 De8 28.Bc4 Kh8 29.Nxf6 Bxf6 30.Ra3 e4 31.dxe4 Bxc3 32.Rxc3 De5 33.Rc1 Ra8 34.h3 h6 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. De1 Qb2 37. Bf1 Ra2 38.Rxc7 Ra1 0: 1
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- Carlsen – Karjakin 1-0
- Sicilian Defense ( Prins variant), B55
- 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 a5 8. Be3 a4 9. Nc1 0–0 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Na6 12. Be2 Nc5 13. 0–0 Bd7 14. Rb1 Rfc8 15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Qd8 17. Nd3 Ne6 18. Nb4 Bc6 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Bf1 h4 21. Qf2 Nd7 22. g3 Ra3 23. Bh3 Rca8 24. Nc2 T3a6 25.Nb4 Ra5 26.Nc2 b6 27.Rd2 Qc7 28.Rbd1 Bf8 29.gxh4 Nf4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32.Nb4 Ta3 33. Nxc6 Qxc6 34. Nb5 Rxb3 35. Nd4 Qxc4 36. Nxb3 Qxb3 37. Qe2 Be7 38. Kg2 Qe6 39. h5 Ra3 40. Rd3 Ra2 41. R3d2 Ra3 42. Rd3 Ra7 43. Rd5 Rc7 44. Qd2 Qf6 45. Rf5 Qh4 46. Rc1 Ra7 47. Qxf4 Ra2 + 48. Kh1 Qf2 49. Rc8 + Kh7 50. Qh6 + 1: 0
With 48 ... Qf2 Karjakin threatened to checkmate the white king with Qg2 #. Carlsen therefore had to either cover the g2-square or check with every further move in order not to lose the game. White decided on the remarkable move 49. Rc1 – c8 +! . In the case of 49 ... Bf8 White could have driven the black king out of castling and finally checkmated on the queenside. Instead, Karjakin made possible the remarkable queen sacrifice 50. Qf4 – h6 + with his last move of the match 49.… Kg8 – h7 . Black can only capture the queen in the diagram position in order to be mated on the next move: 50.… gxh6 follows 51. Rxf7 #, and 50.… Kxh6 51. Rh8 #. Instead, he gave up.
useful information
Although Carlsen won the competition, he lost 13 Elo rating points in classic chess. This is due to the fact that Karjakin had a significantly lower number and was still able to achieve an even score after the twelve long games. Accordingly, Karjakin was able to increase his classic score by 13 points to 2785 and improve from 9th to 6th in the world rankings. As a result of the tiebreak, Carlsen's rapid chess number rose by 12 points to 2906, the highest number ever achieved by a player in this category.
The series of seven draws was not the longest that opened a world championship. At the 1995 World Chess Championship in New York City, the competition began with a series of eight draw games. The challenger, Viswanathan Anand at the time , also took the lead, but was ultimately defeated by title holder Garry Kasparov .
Web links
- Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship (2016) - all games at: chessgames.com
- Grandmaster analysis of Niclas Huschenbeth's games at: youtube.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Carlsen's birthday is November 30, 1990, so he was 26 years old on the date of the tiebreak.
- ↑ The World Chess Championship comes to New York City! FIDE , March 1, 2016, accessed March 1, 2016 .
- ↑ FAZ.net December 1, 2016
- ↑ RULES & REGULATIONS FOR THE FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (FWCM) 2016. (PDF) Section 13.1. FIDE, accessed December 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)
- ↑ 2016 World Chess Championship Set For New York's South Street Seaport. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ↑ Rules & Regulations for the Fide World Championship Match (FWCM) 2016. (PDF) Sections 3.5.1 and 3.5.2. FIDE, accessed March 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Rules & Regulations for the Fide World Championship Match (FWCM) 2016. (PDF) Section 3.8. FIDE, accessed March 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Tournament rules
- ↑ Rules & Regulations for the Fide World Championship Match (FWCM) 2016. (PDF) Section 3.6.1. FIDE, accessed March 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Rules & Regulations for the Fide World Championship Match (FWCM) 2016. (PDF) Sections 3.7.1.a, 3.7.2 and 3.7.3. FIDE, accessed March 29, 2016 .
- ↑ Opening Ceremony of 2016 FIDE World Chess Championship Match
- ^ Queen of NY: This is how Judit Polgar will comment on the match. At: Chessbase.com. November 6, 2016.
- ↑ chess24 wins legal dispute before the World Chess Championship. At: Chess24.com. 4th November 2016.
- ↑ RULES & REGULATIONS FOR THE FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH (FWCM) 2016. (PDF) Section 13.1. FIDE, accessed December 1, 2016 .
- ↑ chess.com , accessed January 11, 2017.
- ↑ Chess World Cup 2016. Spiegel.de.
- ↑ Chess World Championship starts with a draw. n-tv.de.
- ↑ Third draw after seven hours and 78 moves. Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 15, 2016.
- ↑ To a draw with an isolated pawn. Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 12, 2016.
- ↑ Fifth game, fifth draw. Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 18, 2016.
- ↑ 8th game. At: ChessBomb.com. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
- ↑ Karjakin lands first victory at World Chess Championship. Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 22, 2016.
- ↑ Spiegel: Carlsen saves himself in the draw.
- ↑ Game No. 9: Draw - Carlsen gets away with a black eye.
- ↑ Carlsen Wins Marathon Game To Even Match With Karjakin at Chess.com
- ↑ Magnus Carlsen Vs Sergey Karjakin - Press Conference - Game 10 World Chess Championship 2016. On Youtube.com. November 25, 2, 2016, pp. 16 to 2:41. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
- ↑ Chess World Championship goes into overtime. Süddeutsche Zeitung, November 28, 2016.
- ^ Sergei Kasparov : Steamrolling the Sicilian. Play for a Win with 5. f3! 1st edition. New In Chess , Alkmaar 2013, ISBN 978-90-5691-435-6 , pp. 239 (English).