World Championship Results

Players stare at board in full concentration during Game 7. (credit: Chessbase)

World Championship Match
New York City
November 11 - 28
Games Begin 11AM Pacific time
Tiebreaks on November 30 (if necessary)

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 Round # | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10| 11| 12| TOT |
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 Carlsen | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 0 | = | 1 | = | = | 6.0 |
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Karjakin | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | = | 0 | = | = | 6.0 |
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Magnus Carlsen plays White in Games 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12
Sergey Karjakin plays White in Games 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11

• Game 1 Drawn - Trompowsky - 42 moves - Annotated by Ponomariov
• Game 2 Drawn - Ruy Lopez Closed - 33 moves - Annotated by Ponomariov
• Game 3 Drawn - Ruy Lopez Berlin - 78 moves - Annotated by Seirawan
• Game 4 Drawn - Ruy Lopez anti-Marshall - 94 moves - Annotated by Rogozenko
• Game 5 Drawn - Giuoco Piano - 51 moves - Annotated by Nunn
• Game 6 Drawn - Ruy Lopez anti-Marshall - 32 moves - Annotated by Hillarp-Persson
• Game 7 Drawn - Queen's Gambit Accepted - 33 moves - Annotated by Hillarp-Persson
• Game 8 Karjakin Wins - Colle Zuckertort - 52 moves - Annotated by Caruana
• Game 9 Drawn - Ruy Lopez Archangel - 74 moves - Annotated by Caruana
• Game 10 Carlsen Wins - Ruy Lopez anti-Berlin - 75 moves - Annotated by Wesley So
• Game 11 Drawn - Ruy Lopez Closed - 34 moves - Annotated by Wesley So
• Game 12 Drawn - Ruy Lopez Berlin - 30 moves - Annotated by Seirawan

Tiebreaker on Wednesday, November 30.

1. Four games of Rapid G/25 with 10 sec increment. 
2. If still tied, two games of Blitz G/5 with 3 sec increment.
3. If still tied, repeat until 10 Blitz games are completed.
4. If still tied after 14 tiebreak games, then one Armageddon game. White gets 5 minutes, Black gets 4 minutes.  Black wins if drawn!  A 3 second increment kicks in on move 61.