- Carlsen and Caruana meet in Game 4 of championship match
- Game 3 recap, move-by-move: Carlsen, Caruana play to draw
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Hello and welcome to Game 4 of the World Chess Championship. We’ve had nothing but peaceful results so far after draws in Friday’s Game 1, Saturday’s Game 2 and yesterday’s Game 3. Will today be the day first blood is drawn?
For those of you just coming aboard, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen is defending the title he’s held for the past five years against Fabiano Caruana of the United States, who is looking to become the first American to win the world title since Bobby Fischer in 1972. The best-of-12-games match is taking place at the College in Holborn over the next three weeks, with the winner earning a 60% share of the €1m ($1.14m) prize fund if the match ends in regulation (or 55% if it’s decided by tie-break games).
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Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime here’s a quick recap off Monday’s Game 3, where Norway’s Magnus Carlsen recovered from an early disadvantage to force a third straight draw.
The players
Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana played to a third straight draw on Monday in the third game of their world championship showdown in London, though the balance of the best-of-12-games match continues to tip slightly in the Norwegian champion’s favor.
Caruana, playing with the white pieces, started with the same 1. e4 as Friday’s opening game and Carlsen again responded with the Rossolimo Variation of the Sicilian Defence.
Written by Bryan Armen Graham
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/nov/13/magnus-carlsen-v-fabiano-caruana-world-chess-championship-game-4-live under the title “Magnus Carlsen v Fabiano Caruana: World Chess Championship, Game 4 – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
