TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
World Chess Championship 2018 (12)
Carlsen draw offer takes the World Championship match into a tie-break
Mark Crowther - Monday 26th November 2018
Caruana accepts Carlsen's draw offer in game 12 to take the match to tie-breaks. | https://tv.nrk.no/direkte/nrk1
The World Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana finished in a 6-6 tie all drawn. In the final Sicilian line Carlsen chose seemed to catch Caruana off-guard. Caruana turned down a draw by repetition and started consuming time on the clock. Then on move 31 Carlsen offered a draw which was accepted by Caruana. Given the computer assessment and large time advantage people thought Carlsen was pressing for a win in this position but after the game Carlsen said he "didn't care" about the assessment. Carlsen clearly fancies his chances in the rapid tie-breaks, he is rated 2880 and Caruana 2789 a huge difference, and not an inaccurate reflection of their past results.
Tie-breaks 3pm Wednesday: Carlsen white in game 1. The following are played until someone gets a decisive advantage at any of the stages
4 x 25m+10spm rapid games.
5 x 5m+3spm pairs of blitz games. If someone leads after any pair of games they win.
A final decisive Armageddon where White has 5 minutes to Black's 4 (and a draw odds for Black).
| WCh London | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caruana, Fabiano | - | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 115 | B31 | Sicilian Rossolimo |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - | Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 49 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 49 | B31 | Sicilian Rossolimo |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - | Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 34 | A29 | English Four Knights |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 34 | B31 | Sicilian Rossolimo |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - | Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 80 | C42 | Petroff's Defence |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - | Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 40 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 38 | B33 | Sicilian Sveshnikov |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - | Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 56 | A29 | English Four Knights |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 54 | B33 | Sicilian Sveshnikov |
| Carlsen, Magnus | - | Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 55 | C42 | Petroff's Defence |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - | Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 31 | B33 | Sicilian Sveshnikov |
| WCh London (ENG), 09-26 xi 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Ti | NAT | Rtng | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total | Perf | ||
| Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2832 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6 | 2835 | ||
| Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2835 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6 | 2832 | ||
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