22-Year-Old Norwegian Magnus Carlsen Is the New World Chess Champion

Posted by Soulskill on Friday November 22, 2013 @03:14AM from the awarded-lifetime-supply-of-pawns dept.

ardmhacha writes "Magnus Carlsen was able to force a draw in the 10th game of the World Chess Championship to claim the title with a 6.5 — 3.5 score (3 wins, 0 losses, 7 draws) over Viswanathan Anand. Carlsen became the youngest ever World No. 1 in 2010, but withdrew from the 2012 championship cycle and so has only now been able to add the World Champion title to his No. 1 ranking. He won three games and lost none. His first two victories came when he was able to convert small advantages in the endgame into wins. The third (in game 9) came after a blunder from Anand."

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News for Nerds by dysmal · 2013-11-22 03:27 · Score: 4, Insightful

FINALLY!!! I was wondering if that was possible anymore.
Re:How does he do against computers? by bunratty · 2013-11-22 03:29 · Score: 4, Insightful

It's been more than fifteen years since Deep Blue beat Kasparov. Certainly humans don't stand a chance against modern chess software and hardware.

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