Twelve games, twelve draw – Magnus Carlson and Fabiano Caruana are in this world chess championship remained loyal to The end, the result is once more a draw. The game had been very exciting.
Nothing again: Magnus Carlsen without winning the title defense
With a great disappointment from the point of view of the audience, the zwöfte and last game of this world Cup is in the 31. Train went abruptly to an end. Title defender Magnus Carlsen offered his opponent in a good position, a draw – what facilitates Fabiano Caruana. “I was surprised by the offer of a Draw, because I was rather poor,” said the American. Carlsen, in turn, did not value the position more balanced: “It was my goal to tighten the game – the draw is a satisfactory result for me.” It is 6:6 between the two currently best players in the world. On Wednesday (28.11.2018) will fall to the decision in the Quick and blitz chess.
Exciting Opening
Fabiano Caruana: Poorly played, but a draw offered
At the beginning of the game it looked like first, then, as if there would be time to finally have a winner. Because both players in the opening full-on risk. Fabiano Caruana decided, as in previous games in the first train for his King pawn. Carlsen replied with “Sicilian” – usually the prelude to an open slugfest. The world champion showed once again that he, at least, with the Black – well in the Match went prepared. After a few moves, Caruana began more and more to think about while Carlsen drew almost a tempo. On the Board, a voltage was rich position, which offered opportunities for both sides, but to play increasingly easier for Black.
In the result, Fabiano Caruana became increasingly Worried about the safety of his king, as Carlsen called a figure after the other to attack, and finally sent a the edge of farmers is dangerous to the front – a very critical situation for Caruana, the slow, but to be going sure the time threatened. But instead of full on attack, handing the world champion his opponent all of a sudden the Hand. “I just felt in the right frame of mind to have the advance even further,” said the world champion and gave the minimum objective of the “draw” is satisfied. For the first Time in world Cup history, there has been no single victory-match with the classical cooling-off period.
Rapid chess duel on Wednesday
As already two years ago, the decision now falls into a tie-break. After a rest day Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana will be competing, initially, four times, each with 25 minutes against each other. There should be still no winner, continue with blitz games. The world champion, who had disappointed in the last few weeks, especially with the white stones, his Fans, and apparently sees in the lurch to fight a very good chance. Carlsen has played with a shorter period of time several world champion titles and is considered the favorite. One thing is certain: Regardless of whether the world champion Carlsen or Caruana is – starting on Wednesday will be discussed in the chess world violently on the sweep mode. As a further draw-serial over twelve rounds wants to save the world chess Federation, FIDE, the Fans of the mind sports for sure.