World Chess Championship 2018
The World Chess Championship 2018 was a match between the reigning world champion since 2013, Magnus Carlsen, and the challenger Fabiano Caruana to determine the World Chess Champion. The 12-game match, organised by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon, was played at The College in Holborn, London, between 9 and 28 November 2018. The games were broadcast on worldchess.com and by NRK.
| The College, Holborn, London, UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9–28 November 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Defending champion |
Challenger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Magnus Carlsen | Fabiano Caruana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born 30 November 1990 27 years old |
Born 30 July 1992 26 years old | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winner of the World Chess Championship 2016 | Winner of the Candidates Tournament 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rating: 2835 (World No. 1) |
Rating: 2832 (World No. 2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The College, Holborn
The classical time-control portion of the match ended with 12 consecutive draws, the only time in the history of the world chess championship that all classical games have been drawn. On 28 November, rapid chess was used as a tie-breaker; Carlsen won three consecutive games to retain his title and became four-time world champion.
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