NEWSWATCH: “Magnus Carlsen Overwhelms Challenger in Tiebreakers to Win World Chess Championship” – New York Times

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“It took nearly three weeks, 12 closely fought games and a day of high-speed tiebreakers to decide the World Chess Championship … victory went to Magnus Carlsen … Norwegian grandmaster, leaving Sergey Karjakin to return home to Russia in noble defeat. ‘Karjakin only wanted to prove he was Carlsen’s equal,’ said Denes Boros, a Hungarian grandmaster and chess commentator …. ‘Carlsen came to prove he was greater.’ In the end, he was. … Carlsen said it was the most difficult of his championship matches, adding, ‘I’m very happy that at the end of the match I managed to find joy in playing.’ He added, ‘That’s the most important thing.'”

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