World Chess Championship.- Magnus Carlsen vs. Sergey Karjakin. (Tiebreak) [video analysis]

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Magnus Carlsen vs Sergey Karjakin

Between November 11 and 30, 2016, the match that will determine the next World Chess Champion is being played in New York. As is well known, the contenders are Grand Masters Magnus Carlsen (current champion) and Sergey Karjakin (title contender).

The Norwegian and Russian are playing a match to 12 games, and will be awarded World Champion who earns 6.5 points. In the event that the match ends tied in 6 points, it will be defined in a tie-break session, which will consist of quick matches first, if the tie persists, blitz will be played and if necessary, it will be defined in Armageddon.

Time control: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for 20 more moves, and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game. In all periods there will be 30 seconds increment per move.

Tiebreak

The Norwegian player drew all his talent in the most decisive moments of the tiebreaker, where with the four semi-fast matches was enough for the world number 1 to be imposed 3-1 and a global of 9-7.

After an exciting and very even match that ended with a 6-point draw in the aggregate, Norway's Magnus Carlsen and Russian Sergei Karjakin arrived after a day off in the playoffs. It was foreseen a hard day and quite demanding for both players.
Sergei Karjakin started with white the first of the four tiebreaker matches. In this first game, neither player was willing to risk and be off the hook in the global. Sergei Karjakin chose a line of the Spanish opening that soon derived in changes of pieces and in a very even end, destined to the draws. Magnus Carlsen signed draws of good pleasure, since for him it was supposed to save the first of the two games at this rate that would have to play with black. So half a point for each and continue with the tiebreakers.

In the second game began the fireworks and demon combinations. Another spectacular defense of the Russian player, a new draw was signed, which made the first signs of nerves in Magnus' scrape after wasting that type of position.
Everything made it predict that the Russian player would take advantage of his magnificent defense in the second game of this tie and the harrowing moment of the Norwegian player to decide to attack in the third, but it was Carlsen who pulled all his repertoire of talent and with a brutal e4 shattered the defense of the Russian player in a thousand pieces.
After this victory, the panorama was unbeatable for Magnus Carlsen, as he was 2-1 up on the scoreboard and handling the white pieces in the last game, knowing that with some draws, revalidated his title of world champion.

Karjakin, forced to play in a more risky style than we have seen throughout the match, put into practice a Sicilian defense, which Carlsen quickly drifted into a line in which black pieces find it very difficult to gain advantage . The Russian player wasted time, and after a desperate attempt to win the game, entered a lost end that the Norwegian player finished with a beautiful play, proclaiming himself world champion for the third time.

You can view an exelent analysis from Daniel King who explain us all the details of the tiebreak.