That decision was baffling to legendary chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. “For whatever reason, he chose not to invest the energy and, instead, proposed a draw after 31 moves, which Caruana accepted,” according to a write-up from World Chess. “He’s a shadow of himself, of his best times,” chess grandmaster Judit Polgár tells NPR’s Here & Now.Ĭarlsen raised eyebrows at a crucial moment in Game 12, when he appeared to be in a stronger position, yet suddenly offered to leave the game as a draw. He’s held the world champion title since 2013.īut some observers think he may be losing his edge. “This year has been the best by far.”Īccording to the organizer World Chess, it’s the first championship match where nobody has won a game through the first 12 games of regular play.Ĭarlsen, who is 27 and from Norway, has been on top of the game for much of his adult life. “I’ve had mediocre years, I’ve had good years,” Caruana said in a recent interview with The New York Times. For 12 games so far, he has taken on the current world chess champion, Magnus Carlsen.
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The players will embark on a series of fast-moving tiebreaks at the event in London, which will get faster and faster if they continue to draw.įabiano Caruana, the 26-year-old Italian-American prodigy who grew up in Brooklyn, is definitely the underdog. its first champion since Bobby Fischer took the crown in 1972. The World Chess Championship is heading toward a dramatic conclusion on Wednesday, which could give the U.S.
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