World Championship Match 2016- New York, November 11th till 30th (12 game Match)

The games from the first world championship match to include a Russian for years is about to begin in New York, the games will be fully annotated on here, in the table below (note click on Game 1 link, Game 2 link etc. next to the date in the list)

Defending champion

Challenger

Magnus Carlsen

Sergey Karjakin

 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)

 Sergey Karjakin (RUS)

Born 30 November 1990
25 years old

Born 12 January 1990
26 years old

Winner of the 2014 World Chess Championship

Winner of the Candidates Tournament 2016

Rating: 2857 (Ranked #1)

Rating: 2769 (Ranked #10)

Friday 11 Game 1
Saturday 12 Game 2
Sunday 13 Rest Day
Monday 14 Game 3
Tuesday 15 Game 4
Wednesday 16 Rest Day
Thursday 17 Game 5
Friday 18 Game 6
Saturday 19 Rest Day
Sunday 20 Game 7

 

 

Magnus Retains Title!!!!! 

Magnus Carlsen 3 - 1 Sergey Karjakin (Rapidplay score)

All four rapidplay tie-break games can be seen here.

Note-look for other games in drop down menu on left hand side with names in it. (Games are not annotated yet but will be).

 

 

 

Monday 21 Game 8
Tuesday 22 Rest Day
Wednesday 23 Game 9
Thursday 24 Game 10
Friday 25 Rest Day
Saturday 26 Game 11
Sunday 27 Rest Day
Monday 28 Game 12
Tuesday 29 Rest Day
Wednesday 30 Tie Breaks