{"id":18105,"date":"2018-11-28T20:01:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T20:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2018\/11\/28\/magnus-carlsen-retains-his-title-as-world-chess-champion\/"},"modified":"2018-11-28T20:01:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T20:01:38","slug":"magnus-carlsen-retains-his-title-as-world-chess-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/magnus-carlsen-retains-his-title-as-world-chess-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnus Carlsen Retains His Title As World Chess Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Defending world champion Magnus Carlsen, who is Norwegian, decisively beat his opponent, American Fabiano Caruana, at the World Chess Championship on Wednesday in London.<\/p>\n

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It came down to a series of rapid tie-break games, but defending world chess champion Magnus Carlsen has emerged victorious once again.<\/p>\n

Carlsen, a 27-year-old Norwegian, has held the title since 2013. He defeated Fabiano Caruana, who would have been the first U.S. citizen to win the world title since Bobby Fischer in 1972.<\/p>\n

The two appeared evenly matched in the 12 games they played over three weeks before Wednesday’s climax. Each of those 12 games resulted in a draw, making it the first time in the tournament’s history that no player won a game during regular play.<\/p>\n

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But Carlsen dominated the board at Wednesday’s matches in London, decisively winning three games in a row to clinch the title.<\/p>\n

“After a generally close-fought 12 games of classical, today just felt like slaughter,” commented grandmaster Peter Svidler in a chess24 livestream of the match<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“This was a hard fought match to the end, and I want to congratulate Magnus on defending his title,” said Caruana<\/a>. “I was up against one of the most talented players in the history of chess, and I gave it everything I had.”<\/p>\n