Chess: Carlsen shares World Blitz crown as Russia scores Wall Street double

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The Worlds of Fast Chess and Lightning in New York have been unusual from start to finish. The president of the International Federation (FIDE), the Russian Arkady Dvorkovich, accepted that the number one, the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, and the Russian (with the flag of the FIDE) Ian Niepómniashi shared the title lightning because they no longer wanted to play with the marker equaled to 3.5 points (2-2 more after boards in sudden death). Carlsen …

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After the scandal that prompted Magnus Carlsen’s abandonment of the New York Chess Rapids World Championship, the Fide made a diplomatic move: he sent Vishy Anand to contemporize with Magnus. The former Indian world champion, who precisely lost the scepter to Carlsen, is the backslash of the self-centered champions that chess has given a lot. Anand is a model of tact and diplomacy, and he achieved what seemed impossible: to sign a “friendly inte…

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They made seven rounds, three of a tiebreaker, and after a brief talk they decided to stop the game and share the title in New York.Both had been involved in a controversy for failing to comply with the dress code.

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The organizers had to scrutinize the rule books and finally allowed Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi to share the WC title in blitzkrieg, even though there was no clause covering the situation. It happened in Ne...

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Magnus Carlsen is the world champion in blitz chess. And because the Norwegian is the biggest star in his sport, different rules apply to him from time to time. Now Carlsen is making sure that he is not the only one to become world champion.

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After a jeans-wearing incident, the men's World Rapid Chess Championship in New York ended in a peculiar way. Defending champion Magnus Carlsen and Russian Jan Nepomniachtchi agreed to share first place. The match ended 3.5:3.5. They each won two games and drew the others.