Updated at 8. I did feel at some point he was losing his patience a little bit, defending that ending. He was not being quite as vigilant as he was at the start and that sort of gave me some hope. And eventually it gave me the chance to break through. At that point I felt very, very good about my chances. Magnus Carlsen is all smiles after winning the longest game ever played in a world championship: moves over 7hr 45min.
Carlsen is winning decisively after Rf7 Kd8 Nepomniachtchi is running low on time. Under 50 seconds Nepomniachtchi has resigned! Unbelievable scenes in Dubai as the playing hall erupts in applause. Carlsen has drawn first blood in this best-of world championship match after nearly eight gruelling hours under the most dramatic of circumstances.
Incredible game. Remember this when you hear chess isn't a sport, or that physical condition isn't so important. Or when they say classical chess is dead! Updated at The engines have suddently flared up announcing Carlsen has mate in his sights! Carlsen plays Kh3 and Nepomniachtchi puts his queen on the wrong square On they go and the engines say Carlsen has mate in 19 after Nh5 Qh7 Onward we go as Friday night turns to Saturday morning in Dubai: Qb3 Rd5 Ke7 The players trade moves under steady time pressure: Rd3 Kf8 Ke3 Qa5 Re3 Qd7 Kg2 Qb7.
Rd2, played right at the seven-and-a-half-hour mark, Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi have broken the record for most moves ever played in a world championship match. The fight continues: Qh1 Ke3 h4 Kd2 Qxh4 Updated at 7. And after Ne2 Qb1, Carlsen finally pushes a pawn with That obliterates the move counter after which a draw would have kicked in.
The new target for automatic draw, if no piece is captured and no pawn is moved, is move ! Ng1 and Nepomniachtchi answers with On they go with Rd1 Qb3 Carlsen below 90 seconds, Nepomniachtchi just under four minutes. Nd4 Qh1 Nf3 Qb1 Rd2 Qb1. What a game! Still 27 moves until Carlsen needs to move a pawn and avoid a draw under the move rule. The longest game in world championship history was the move stalemate in Game 5 of the title match between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi in Baguio, Philippines.
Not so far off from that here. On we go with Kf6 This will be only the ninth game in the year history of world championship matchplay to exceed moves. Six of those ended in draws. The game moves into its eighth hour! Worth mentioning: the last capture occurred on the 82nd move.
The dance continues: Rd6 Kg7 Rd2 Qb1 Re2 Qb6 Rc2 Qb1 More activity, both players moving with remarkable pace and accuracy: Kg6 Nd4 Qb7 Ra2 Qh1 The next series cuts off the checking lines Qb1 Carlsen has the winning chances!
The moves are flying on the board: Rxa7 Qd5 That leaves Carlsen with just under three minutes and Nepo with just over four. Virat Kohli. India vs South Africa Schedule. This story is from November 16, Magnus Carlsen thumped Viswanathan Anand in the sixth game with the black pieces to take a crucial lead at the World Chess Championship on Saturday. Anand vs Carlsen: Moves in the sixth round After a shocking loss from a drawn position in the fifth game, Anand looked prepared to strike back but the Berlin defense yet again came in his way as Carlsen demonstrated his superior skills on the board once more in a drawn endgame to beat the world champion.
The Indian is now at a make-or-break situation and the next game will be most crucial to the final outcome of the match. As things stand, after six games and half way through, Carlsen leads the match , needing just 2. Anand had his hopes pinned on the king pawn but the Berlin defense has troubled the best players in the world in the last decade. Team Anand had not found anything in the main line and it was evident from the fact that Anand went for the closed Ruy Lopez, often a simple reprieve when one wants to avoid the intricacies of the Berlin defense.
Anand decided to try his chances in the middle game arising out a close variation. Carlsen was game for it if the opening and middle game was any indication. The Norwegian gave nothing away and by the 20th move it was a level position on board for Anand with not much to look upto.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Re8 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 d6 Bg5 Be6 Nbd2 h6 Bh4 Bxb3 Nh2 Qe7 Ndf1 Bb6 Ne3 Qe6 Nhg4 Bb6 Carlsen 4 - 2 Anand. An experienced fighter, Anand decided to get his head in the right place in the following two games, playing principled chess that led to clean draws after the two back-to-back, painful losses. In an impressive cold-blooded defensive effort, Carlsen here played Facing an extremely menacing attack, the Norwegian had correctly calculated from afar — he foresaw this whole line from an earlier point in the game — that after Rf4 threatening Rh4-Qh7 he had Nf1 Qe1 , preparing to sacrifice the new queen to avoid mate and eventually win the game with his extra material.
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Moreover, the line with Nf1 was not the sharpest in the position. Had Anand played Bf1, Carlsen would have responded with the remarkable sequence Qd1 Rh4 Qh5. The only defence! Now after
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