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Detailed explanation-1: -Magnus Carlsen convincingly retained his world chess champion title by beating Fabiano Caruana 3-0 in the rapid match at today’s tiebreak in London. All 12 classical games had ended in draws.

Detailed explanation-2: -Magnus Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruana in game three of the rapid playoff to clinch the 2018 world chess championship. After 12 draws in the classical games, Carlsen won all the games of the tiebreak to win 3.0-0.0. He has now successfully defended his title for the third time.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indian Grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh has defeated Magnus Carlsen in the ninth round of the preliminary phase of the Aimchess Rapid online chess tournament. The 16-year old from Chennai beat the world No.

Detailed explanation-4: -Carlsen Wins 4th Rapid World Championship, Tan Takes Women’s Title-Chess.com. GM Magnus Carlsen was crowned the FIDE world rapid champion alongside the new women’s champion, GM Tan Zhongyi. Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com.

Detailed explanation-5: -The time control for the games was 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, an additional 50 minutes added after the 40th move, and then an additional 15 minutes added after the 60th move, plus an additional 30 seconds per move starting from move 1. Players were not permitted to agree to a draw before Black’s 30th move.