Magnus Carlsen won the World Chess Championship in a soundproof glass box on Wednesday evening.
Magnus Carlsen wins world chess champion title
STEPANAKERT, DECEMBER 1, ARTSAKHPRESS: Seconds after the final move, through the thick glass, he gave an exuberant double-fist pump to those of us standing in the viewing hall. It’s the third time he’s won the championship, and he has reigned as world champion since 2013, Fivethirtyeight.com reports.
On the 50th move of the 16th game of the match, and the fourth game of the tiebreaker, Carlsen slid his queen to the h6 square, putting his challenger Sergey Karjakin in check.
Carlsen, the world No. 1, went into the match as an 88 percent favorite, and into the tiebreakers as a 74 percent favorite, according to FiveThirtyEight’s analysis. But he had to work harder than anyone predicted to finally crack his Russian challenger, Karjakin, the world No. 6.
