29 November 2016
Classical Part of the World Championship Match Ends in a Draw
The score after 12 games is equal, 6-6. Timebreaks are played on November 30.
The last classical game of the 12-game World Chess Championship match was played on November 28 in New York. Magnus Carlsen had White. Once again the players went for the Ruy Lopez. The Norwegian grandmaster selected a rare Anti-Berlin line, and Karjakin demonstrated a clear way to equality. Both players were eager to trade their pieces in a completely symmetrical position. A draw was agreed on the move 30. This was the shortest game of the match as it lasted only half an hour.
The tie-break will be played on Wednesday, November 30. It starts with four rapid games, 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. Sergey Karjakin plays White in the first game.
If these four games end in a tie, two additional games with a blitz time control, 5 minutes + 3 second per move, will be played. If the match is still drawn after these games, four more two-game blitz matches may follow, and only if 10 blitz games fail to break the tie, the ultimate tie-breaker, the Armageddon game, will decide the winner. The Armageddon rules: White gets 5 minutes against Black's 4 minutes, 3 bonus seconds per move are added only for late game stage, starting from move 61, and a draw counts as a win for Black.
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Photos by Vladimir Barsky
