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11-28-2018, 04:19 PM
Carlsen and Caruana to decide world championship in tie-breakers (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/27/carlsen-caruana-world-chess-championship-armageddon)
Carlsen shocks with Game 12 draw offer (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/26/world-chess-championship-game-12-carlsen-caruana) (full move-by-move recap (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/nov/26/magnus-carlsen-v-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship-game-12-live))
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4.13pm GMT
Carlsen grinds it out and Caruana resigns after 55 moves. After 13 games and more than 49 hours, we finally have a result in the world championship match. The final moves, for the record: 43. Kf3 a3 44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kh3 Ra1 47. h5 Kh7 48. g4 Kg7 49. Kh4 a2 50. Kg5 Kf7 51. h6 Rb1 52. Ra7+ Kg8 53. Rxa2 Rb5+ 54. Kg6 Rb6+ 55. Kh5.
4.08pm GMT
On they go, moving with pace due to the time crunch: 38. Re7+ Kxf5 39. Rxg7 Kf6 40. Rg5 a5 41. Rxh5 a4 42. Ra5 Ra1. Here’s a look at the board.
34...Rc3 35. Kg2 Rxa3 36. Rxc4 Ke5 37. Rc7 Kxe4 38. Re7+ Kxf5 39. Rxg7 Kf6 40. Rg5 a5 41. Rxh5 a4 42. Ra5 Ra1 Ooops! Caruana made some inaccuracies! It will be about nerves now with so little time left! I expect many more mistakes from both players! ? pic.twitter.com/ABHVv3PxbO (https://t.co/ABHVv3PxbO)
Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/nov/28/magnus-carlsen-v-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship-tie-breakers-live)
Carlsen shocks with Game 12 draw offer (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/26/world-chess-championship-game-12-carlsen-caruana) (full move-by-move recap (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/nov/26/magnus-carlsen-v-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship-game-12-live))
Tweet Bryan at @BryanAGraham (https://twitter.com/bryanagraham/) or email him (bryan.graham@theguardian.com)
4.13pm GMT
Carlsen grinds it out and Caruana resigns after 55 moves. After 13 games and more than 49 hours, we finally have a result in the world championship match. The final moves, for the record: 43. Kf3 a3 44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kh3 Ra1 47. h5 Kh7 48. g4 Kg7 49. Kh4 a2 50. Kg5 Kf7 51. h6 Rb1 52. Ra7+ Kg8 53. Rxa2 Rb5+ 54. Kg6 Rb6+ 55. Kh5.
4.08pm GMT
On they go, moving with pace due to the time crunch: 38. Re7+ Kxf5 39. Rxg7 Kf6 40. Rg5 a5 41. Rxh5 a4 42. Ra5 Ra1. Here’s a look at the board.
34...Rc3 35. Kg2 Rxa3 36. Rxc4 Ke5 37. Rc7 Kxe4 38. Re7+ Kxf5 39. Rxg7 Kf6 40. Rg5 a5 41. Rxh5 a4 42. Ra5 Ra1 Ooops! Caruana made some inaccuracies! It will be about nerves now with so little time left! I expect many more mistakes from both players! ? pic.twitter.com/ABHVv3PxbO (https://t.co/ABHVv3PxbO)
Continue reading... (https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/nov/28/magnus-carlsen-v-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship-tie-breakers-live)