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World championship 2021: Game 10: Why was it a draw?
Game: https://lichess.org/broadcast/world-chess-championship-2021/game-10/RwhGwnPX
I assume that the players agreed for a draw because they are GMs and both are capable of playing perfect game. But I ...
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What will happen if all games are draws for a World Chess Championship?
What will happen if all the games in the World Chess Championship are draws? Who will be considered the world champion?
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What makes game 5 of the 2018 World Championship a draw?
I was watching recently the excellent ChessNetwork commentary of the 5th game of the WCC 2018 between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. The end position looked like this and players shook hands ...
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What if threefold repetition occurs in WCC 2018?
It is not allowed to draw till move 30. Are the players forced to find another moves in case of threefold repetition?
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Draws by game number in championship matches
Some commentators have expressed surprise at the two relatively bland draws to open out the most recent (Carlsen-Karjakin) World Championships. I'm wondering whether there's been any study as to ...
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Can Magnus Carlsen force draw (pun-intended) himself to victory?
So far Carlsen has a 2 game lead over Anand and there are only 4 games left. At the strength of these players, can Magnus basically force his opponent into draws by playing certain openings or styles?...
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