Chess match between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin
World Chess Championship 2016
Fulton Market Building, New York City, United States
11–30 November 2016
Defending champion
Challenger
Magnus Carlsen
Sergey Karjakin
Magnus Carlsen
Sergey Karjakin
6 (3)
Scores
6 (1)
Game 1
½
42 move draw
½
Game 2
½
33 move draw
½
Game 3
½
78 move draw
½
Game 4
½
94 move draw
½
Game 5
½
51 move draw
½
Game 6
½
32 move draw
½
Game 7
½
33 move draw
½
Game 8
0
52 moves →
1
Game 9
½
72 move draw
½
Game 10
1
← 75 moves
0
Game 11
½
34 move draw
½
Game 12
½
30 move draw
½
Tie break 13
½
37 move draw
½
Tie break 14
½
84 move draw
½
Tie break 15
1
← 38 moves
0
Tie break 16
1
← 50 moves
0
Born 30 November 1990 25 years old
Born 12 January 1990 26 years old
Winner of the World Chess Championship 2014
Winner of the Candidates Tournament 2016
Rating: 2853 (World No. 1)
Rating: 2772 (World No. 9)
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The World Chess Championship 2016 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen and the challenger Sergey Karjakin to determine the World Chess Champion.[1] Carlsen had been world champion since 2013, while Karjakin qualified as challenger by winning the 2016 Candidates Tournament. The best-of-12 match, organized by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon, was played in New York City between 10 and 30 November 2016.
The match opened with seven consecutive draws before Karjakin won the eighth game. Carlsen evened the score by winning the tenth game. All other games were drawn, leaving the match at a 6–6 tie, so tie breaks decided the match. After two draws to begin the rapid chess tie break, Carlsen won the remaining two games to win the match and retain his title.[2]
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Final position after 50.Qh6+!! in the final tie-break game. Carlsen's sham queen sacrifice forces mate next move: 50...Kxh6 51.Rh8# or 50...gxh6 51.Rxf7#.
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^Carlsen wins tie-break and remains World Champion!, chessbase.com, 30-11-2016
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