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Magnus Carlsen retains world chess crown
“I’m very happy that at the end of the match I managed to find joy in playing. Today, it was fun to play,” said champion Magnus Carlsen after the end of the world championship match. Norwegian chess player and Russian GM, Sergey Karyakin passed four- game rapid playoff in tonight’s tie-breaker. First two rounds ended in a draw, while the last two rounds ended with Magnus Carlsen’s victory. Thus the game ended with 9:7 score and Norwegian GM won the chess crown for the third time. By the way, on November 30, on the accession of his 26th anniversary, for Magnus Carlsen it was a brilliant gift for himself.
