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Nov 28, 2018 · Magnus Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana in game three of the rapid playoff to clinch the 2018 world chess championship. After 12 draws in the classical games, Carlsen won all the games of the tiebreak to win 3.0-0.0.
- Peter Doggers
Source: FIDE Candidates Tournament 2018 at The Week in Chess Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) head-to-head score among tied players, 3) total number of wins, 4) Sonneborn–Berger score, 5) tie-break games.
Nov 28, 2018 · Magnus Carlsen convincingly retained his world chess champion title by beating Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in the rapid match at today's tiebreak in London. All 12 classical games had ended in draws. Carlsen won 550,000 euros ($625,100); Caruana got 450,000 euros ($511,400). "I felt like I had a really good day at work today.
- Peter Doggers
Nov 29, 2018 · Magnus Carlsen has won 3-0 in the playoff and secures the World Chess Championship title until 2020! By winning in London he joins legends such as Wilhelm Steinitz and Alexander Alekhine with 4 classical WC titles.
Nov 1, 2018 · November 2018 FIDE Ratings. 11/1/2018 – The vast majority of the world's best players were active in October thanks to the Batumi Chess Olympiad, the European Club Cup and the Chess.com Isle of Man International. So there's a lot to get to in this month's ratings update.
FIDE - World Chess Federation, Online ratings, individual calculations
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The first player who reaches 6.5 points wins the match. If it ends in a 6-6 tie tiebreaks will be played on November 28th. The prize fund is 1 million euros, the winner gets 60%, the loser 40%.
