World Chess Championship 2018

World Chess Championship 2018

The College, Holborn, London, UK
9–28 November 2018
	Defending champion	Challenger
	Magnus Carlsen	Fabiano Caruana
	6 (3) Scores 6 (0) Game 1 ½ 115 move draw ½ Game 2 ½ 49 move draw ½ Game 3 ½ 49 move draw ½ Game 4 ½ 34 move draw ½ Game 5 ½ 34 move draw ½ Game 6 ½ 80 move draw ½ Game 7 ½ 40 move draw ½ Game 8 ½ 38 move draw ½ Game 9 ½ 56 move draw ½ Game 10 ½ 54 move draw ½ Game 11 ½ 55 move draw ½ Game 12 ½ 31 move draw ½ Tie break 13 1 ← 55 moves 0 Tie break 14 1 ← 28 moves 0 Tie break 15 1 ← 51 moves 0
	Born 30 November 1990 27 years old	Born 30 July 1992 26 years old
	Winner of the World Chess Championship 2016	Winner of the Candidates Tournament 2018
	Rating: 2835 (World No. 1)	Rating: 2832 (World No. 2)
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The College, Holborn

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Location of the World Chess Championship venue on a map of Westminster and Camden, London

The World Chess Championship 2018 was a match between the reigning world champion since 2013, Magnus Carlsen, and the challenger Fabiano Caruana to determine the World Chess Champion. The 12-game match, organised by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon, was played at The College in Holborn, London, between 9 and 28 November 2018.^[1][2] The games were broadcast on worldchess.com and by NRK.

The classical time-control portion of the match ended with 12 consecutive draws, the only time in the history of the world chess championship that all classical games have been drawn.^[3] On 28 November, rapid chess was used as a tie-breaker; Carlsen won three consecutive games to retain his title and became four-time world champion.