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

GM	Carlsen,M		2835	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	9
GM	Caruana,F		2832	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	0	6

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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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½–½

Hong-Lopez Silva

Move	N	Result	Elo	Players

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1.d4 8:18 Nf6 40 2.c4 26 c5 46 3.d5 35 e6 3 4.Nc3 33 exd5 44 5.cxd5 12 d6 5 6.e4 47 g6 4 7.f4 57 Bg7 4 8.Bb5+ 24 Nfd7 3 9.a4 43 0-0 1:04 10.Nf3 31 Na6 4:03 11.0-0 1:11 Nb4 4 12.Be3 1:58 a6 9:14 13.Be2 3:40 Re8 10:06 14.Bf2 2:14 Rb8 13:29 15.Kh1 9:55 Qe7 21:58 16.Qd2 23:11 Qf8 20:17 17.h3 11:31 Nf6 9:27 18.e5 15:59 dxe5 37 19.d6 33 e4 2:07 20.Ne5 22 Nd3 31 21.Nxd3 9:03 Qxd6 1:41 22.Bxc5 15 Qd8 40 23.Rad1 1:53 exd3 6 24.Qxd3 1:32 Qxd3 38 25.Bxd3 8 Bd7 2:32 26.f5 22 Rbc8 46 27.Bd6 41 Bxf5 50 28.Bxf5 14 gxf5 1 29.Rxf5 40 Rcd8 1:22 30.Rff1 3:20 Ne4 27 31.Nxe4 24 Rxe4 2 32.Ba3 11 Rxd1 36 33.Rxd1 2 Be5 10 34.a5 1:18 Bg3 1:03 35.Kg1 37 Re1+ 1:09 36.Rxe1 6 Bxe1 1 37.b4 6 f5 29 38.Kf1 13 Bg3 39 39.Ke2 13 Kf7 3 40.Kd3 19 Ke6 17 41.Kc4 3 Bd6 1:04 42.Bb2 22 h5 50 43.Bc3 33 Be7 36 44.Bd4 1:30 Bd6 18 45.Bc5 31 Bg3 23 46.Bb6 1:14 Bd6 48 47.Bd4 19 Be7 17 48.Bc5 9 Bg5 35 49.Bf2 56 Be7 12 50.Bg3 4 Bf8 13 51.b5 1:39 Be7 25 52.Bc7 8 Bf8 26 53.Bf4 1:30 Be7 12 54.Bc7 47 Bf8 8 55.Bg3 1:11 Be7 7 56.Bf4 30 Bf8 18 57.Bh2 1:12 Be7 2 58.Bc7 20 ½–½

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St	White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res	Rnd	id

	Diaz Rosas,J	2373	Hardaway,B	2502		10.12	5674961
	Hungaski,R	2477	Reyes Zavaleta,F	2299		10.14	5674963
	Shankland,S	2666	Oparin,G	2660		10.1	5674947
	Quesada Perez,L	2546	Fier,A	2556		10.2	5674948
	Martinez Alcantara,J	2611	Bachmann,A	2570		10.3	5674949
	Henriquez Villagra,C	2597	Cardoso Cardoso,J	2516		10.4	5674950
	Supi,L	2566	Jacobson,B	2582		10.5	5674952
	Mareco,S	2585	Avila Pavas,S	2469		10.6	5674953
	Melian,J	2358	Shabalov,A	2483		10.7	5674954
	Villanueva,M	2454	Campos Gomez,M	2355		10.8	5674955
	Coro,L	2434	Rojas Salas,S	2343		10.9	5674957
	Liascovich,L	2417	Caceres Benitez,A	2313		10.10	5674958
	Hong,A	2579	Lopez Silva,H	2380		10.11	5674960

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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.

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