World Championship 2018 - Closing Ceremony LIVE

Closing ceremony

Magnus Carlsen won the tiebreak match 3-0 to reclaim the World Championship title. Here the players receive their awards:

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Final match score

Press conference

Round-up shows

ChessBase commentators break down the day's action in a free live video. The show is available on-demand for replay any time with a ChessBase Premium account.

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Tiebreak

There were be four rapid games in which the players received 25 minutes plus a 10-second bonus per move starting from move 1. 

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First 30 minutes of the Tiebreak

Commentary by GM Judit Polgar and IM Anna Rudolf

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Game 12 summary

Power Play 23: A Repertoire for black with the Queen's Gambit Declined

On this DVD Grandmaster Daniel King offers you a repertoire for Black with the QGD. The repertoire is demonstrated in 10 stem games, covering all White's major systems: 5 Bg5, 5 Bf4, and the Exchange Variation.

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Powerplay 26: Checkmate Challenge — essential knowledge

Checkmate. That's the aim of the game. There are numerous ways to checkmate the enemy king, but there are common patterns that recur over and over again, and having these at our mental fingertips is essential for when we want to finish the game.

GM Daniel King provides a 5-minute look at the main events of the day:

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Schedule and analysis plan

ChessBase will be publishing extensive annotations, both in video and written form with an all-star team of analysts:

Links

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