The twelve games, there are in total, also the seventh ends like the others before with a draw. World champion Magnus Carlsen is once more not an attack recipe against the classic Challenger Fabiano Caruana.
Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana spy
At somewhat of a loss to Magnus Carlsen was, after he could play this time no decisive advantage against his Challenger, Fabiano Caruana. “On another day, in another year, I would have found maybe a way to make more pressure,” admitted the world champion in the press conference after the game. “I had a Chance to be active, but I was not convinced by the idea,” explained Carlsen and had to be then of a journalists questions, whether it is currently the courage to breakthrough lacking. An answer to the otherwise quite quick-witted, Carlsen had not. In other words: It’s not about the Norwegians.
Carlsen maneuvers without pressure
Everything under control: Challenger Fabiano Caruana
While Magnus Carlsen in the seventh party had once again made something tangible out of the suit advantage. In a Queen’s gambit-a variant of a very balanced position quickly developed. Fabiano Caruana (nickname: “Fabi”), as in the entire Match – not of the typical nondescript, but often tricky Carlsen maneuvers from the round. The Americans neutralized easily by the white Offensive efforts, apparently, that in 40. Train was the perfect draw.
As already two years ago, has developed the fight for the chess crown to a tough tug-of-war. When the score was 3,5:3,5, everything is more open in London. With a million euros, the title fight is twelve rounds of. There is no winner, the two best players in the world to come to the games with a shorter period of time.
Who makes the first error?
In the remaining five games, it will go for the player is to avoid gross errors. Caruana saw in the press conference, quite soberly: “There will be a lot of mistakes – from both of us,” said the Challenger, who tried in London, for the second Time, after the legendary Bobby Fischer of the title of the chess world to get a master’s in the United States. That this is possible, also holds Carlsen seem to be possible: “Fabiano is a very strong player,” said Carlsen, “but I’m not in panic mode.”