When Carlsen killed the queen: His sounder match strategy helped him win a third chess world title

Carlsen is arguably the most error-free player ever and his record is incredible. But he belongs to a monstrously talented generation.

The world championship ended in absolutely spectacular fashion. On his 26th birthday (November 30), the world champion, Magnus Carlsen, played a stunning queen sacrifice to checkmate and defeat the challenger, Sergey Karjakin, by 9-7. Carlsen had just 1 minute 40 seconds left; Karjakin was down to 32 seconds. Any other move would have cost Carlsen the game.   The match went down to the wire. After 12 games at a long time control, it was tied with one win each.  That meant four rapid games to be played out in a mini-match tie-breaker. Carlsen won the third rapid game to ...

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When Carlsen killed the queen: His sounder match strategy helped him win a third chess world title