Chess (November 23): Magnus retains World Title

[Jack Rabbit]

Reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen defeated former champion Vishy Anand today in the eleventh game of the match for the world title held in Sochi.

Magnus's victory ends the match and allows him to retain the world championship. The final score of the match is 6½-4½, with Magnus winning three games and Anand one.

The game lasted 45 moves. The opening was a Berlin Defense against a Spanish Game.

Magnus won the world title a year ago when he defeated Anand in a match held in Chennai, India, Anand's birthplace.

{Event "World Championship Match"}
{Site "Sochi"}
{Date "2014.11.23"}
{EventDate "2014.11.07"}
{Round "11"}
{Result "1-0"}
{White "Magnus Carlsen"}
{Black "Vishy Anand"}
{ECO "C67"}
{WhiteElo "2862"}
{BlackElo "2793"}
{PlyCount "89"}

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.h3 Bd7 10.Nc3 h6 11.b3 Kc8 12.Bb2 c5 13.Rad1 b6 14.Rfe1 Be6 15.Nd5 g5 16.c4 Kb7
17.Kh2 a5 18.a4 Ne7 19.g4 Ng6 20.Kg3 Be7 21.Nd2 Rhd8 22.Ne4 Bf8 23.Nef6 b5 24.Bc3 bxa4
25.bxa4 Kc6 26.Kf3 Rdb8 27.Ke4 Rb4 28.Bxb4 cxb4 29.Nh5 Kb7 30.f4 gxf4 31.Nhxf4 Nxf4 32.Nxf4 Bxc4
33.Rd7 Ra6 34.Nd5 Rc6 35.Rxf7 Bc5 36.Rxc7+ Rxc7 37.Nxc7 Kc6 38.Nb5 Bxb5 39.axb5+ Kxb5 40.e6 b3
41.Kd3 Be7 42.h4 a4 43.g5 hxg5 44.hxg5 a3 45.Kc3 1-0

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[GeorgeGist]

1. Chess is not a sport.

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Is that so?

Look what I found on the sports page of the UK Guardian . . .

I used to have this argument with cboy4.

Just because American newspapers represent chess as something else and publish the chess column between the crossword puzzle and the book reviews doesn't mean it isn't a sport. The rest of the world knows better.