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After Nepomniachtchi resigned following Carlsen's 136th move, it became the longest game in the 135-year history of the World Chess Championship. [1] The previous record for the longest game had been game 5 of the World Chess Championship 1978 played between Viktor Korchnoi and Anatoly Karpov , which was a 124-move draw.
Game 8 was a 46-move win for Carlsen. Nepomniachtchi blundered a pawn in the middle game, leaving him with a lost position, and Carlsen carefully and accurately converted his advantage to a win in the queen-and-pawn endgame. This gave Carlsen a two-game lead, with commentators saying it was now difficult for Nepomniachtchi to win the match. [57]
The longest decisive FIDE-rated game is Billy Fellowes vs Peter Lalić, London 2024, which lasted for 272 moves, at the Third Kingston Invitational. [1] [2] [3] The longest game played in a world championship is the 6th game of the 2021 World Chess Championship between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi, which Carlsen won in 136 moves by ...
These games and calculations can go on for hours at a time; in 2021, Carlsen took seven hours and 47 minutes to defeat Nepomniachtchi in one game on his way to his fifth world title.
Magnus Carlsen will no longer compete in the World Rapid or Blitz Chess Championships after violating the FIDE's dress code policy by wearing jeans. ... Nepomniachtchi referenced the incident on X ...
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen [a] (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, the reigning (shared with Ian Nepomniachtchi) eight time World Blitz Chess Champion and the reigning Chess World Cup Champion.
Chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has returned to the World Blitz Championship after a dispute over the dress code last week. Photo by Misha Friedman/Getty Images. ... Ian Nepomniachtchi, was fined ...
The previous champion Magnus Carlsen decided not to defend his title against Ian Nepomniachtchi, the winner of the Candidates Tournament 2022, stating he was "not motivated to play another match". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As a result, Nepomniachtchi played against Ding Liren, who finished second in the Candidates Tournament.