who won the World Chess Championship?
Options
1) Magnus Carlsen
2)Fabiano Caruana
3)Garry Kasparov
4)Viswanathan Anand
answer
1) Magnus Carlsen
other details
World number one Norwegian Magnus Carlsen has retained his World Chess Championship title, beating US opponent Fabiano Caruana in a tie-breaker event.
He beat Caruana in three time-limited games, ending the American's hopes of becoming the first US champion since Bobby Fischer won in 1972.
This showdown followed a new record, in which all 12 matches of regular play were drawn.
Carlsen, who has won the championship three times before and was the favourite to win the game, took a two-match lead and needed only a draw in the third tie-breaker to seal his victory.
But Caruana resigned in the third
Options
1) Magnus Carlsen
2)Fabiano Caruana
3)Garry Kasparov
4)Viswanathan Anand
answer
1) Magnus Carlsen
other details
World number one Norwegian Magnus Carlsen has retained his World Chess Championship title, beating US opponent Fabiano Caruana in a tie-breaker event.
He beat Caruana in three time-limited games, ending the American's hopes of becoming the first US champion since Bobby Fischer won in 1972.
This showdown followed a new record, in which all 12 matches of regular play were drawn.
Carlsen, who has won the championship three times before and was the favourite to win the game, took a two-match lead and needed only a draw in the third tie-breaker to seal his victory.
But Caruana resigned in the third
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