World Chess Championship: Magnus Carlsen Wins Fifth Crown

Regal Norway’s Magnus Carlsen claimed his long-held position as the World’s best chess player on Friday by owning the world championship with a fourth victory over Russian Chessmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 11th meeting of their match in Dubai.

Dominating Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen checked a commanding show on the chessboard play against the Russian Grandmaster to nail his fifth world crown.

A strong contest that seemed tied for a tie instantly came unbound when the Russian opponent made a vile mistake that benefit Carlsen the game and match, putting in a surprising meltdown that began a week ago when Nepomniachtchi came up fast in the sixth game, a demanding 7hr 45min heroic.

Carlsen disciplined Nepo’s slip, executed on the 23rd move, with a clever strategy, and ultimately completed the task in 49 moves. The champion’s fourth victory second with black left the final score 7.5-3.5.

Carlsen was asked to assess his performance over the duration of the match, he said: “You can point those things you could have done differently in every game of course, but overall I’m happy with my play, very proud of my effort in the sixth game, and that sort of laid the foundation for everything.”

“The final score is probably a bit more lopsided than it could have been, but that’s the way I think some of the other matches also could have gone if I had gotten a lead.”

The sixth match on December 4 was the longest in the history of World Chess Championship matches, prevailing seven hours 45 minutes.

After five tie games, Carlsen drew off a 136-move victory in the sixth. Afterward, it was obvious that Nepo was not exact. He executed one pawn-move slip three times in the following five matches and the result was a hasty end to the match.

This was the fourth time Carlsen protected the world crown he first won from Viswanathan Anand in 2013. He overcame the challenges of Anand (2014), Sergey Karjakin (2016), and Fabiano Caruana (2018) before throwing down Nepo.