After the game, Magnus Carlsen declared that “I was very happy with the opening, obviously. You cannot expect more than what I had for sure.”
With few rounds remaining, a tie-break becomes a distinct possibility, where Carslen is considered the favorite.
Despite the anticlimactic draw, a new record was set: the longest streak of games ending in draw in a chess championship match!
Armand Niculescu is a full-stack developer and creator of SparkChess. He has two BDs in engineering and marketing and a MSc in Management. He's been programming since the age of 12 and he also loves design, photography, and - obviously - chess.
This is the endgame between two strong German chess players, Siegbert Tarrash and Max Kurschner, Nurenberg 1893. With a surprising sacrifice, white won in two moves. Can you find Siegbert's way? Play, solve and comment
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