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World chess champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway pressed hard but could not crack the defenses of American challenger Fabiano Caruana, agreeing to a draw after a hard-fought 115 moves in the first game of their scheduled 12-game title match in London Friday.<\/p>\n
Even with the disadvantage of the black pieces, Mr. Carlsen held an edge for much of the game against Mr. Caruana, seeking to be the first U.S. world chess champion since Bobby Fischer. In the end, the champ had a rook and two pawns to the challenger\u2019s rook and a single pawn, but could find no way to exploit his edge.<\/p>\n
Against Mr. Carlsen\u2019s Sicilian Defense, Mr. Caruana played a relatively rare line but never established an advantage. With a bishop that dominated White\u2019s knight, the Norwegian champion built up a strong initiative on the kingside, eventually forcing Mr. Caruana to give up a pawn to relieve the pressure.<\/p>\n
Chess analysts say the champion may have missed a win just at the 40-move time control, when he captured a pawn instead of invading White\u2019s position with his queen. One of the best grinders in the history of chess, Mr. Carlsen pressed on several fronts for a breakthrough after that, but could never quite break the challenger\u2019s fortress.<\/p>\n
The champion, who has held the title since 2013, will have the advantage of the White pieces in Game 2, which will be played Saturday.<\/p>\n
If the match is tied after 12 games, the two grandmasters will play a series of playoff games at faster time controls.<\/p>\n
Caruana-Carlsen, Game 1, World Chess Championship, London, November 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0e4\u00a0c5 2.\u00a0Nf3\u00a0Nc6 3.\u00a0Bb5\u00a0g6 4.\u00a0Bxc6\u00a0dxc6 5.\u00a0d3\u00a0Bg7 6.\u00a0h3\u00a0Nf6 7.\u00a0Nc3\u00a0Nd7 8.\u00a0Be3\u00a0e5 9.\u00a0O-O\u00a0b6 10.\u00a0Nh2\u00a0Nf8 11.\u00a0f4\u00a0exf4 12.\u00a0Rxf4\u00a0Be6 13.\u00a0Rf2\u00a0h6 14.\u00a0Qd2\u00a0g5 15.\u00a0Raf1\u00a0Qd6 16.\u00a0Ng4\u00a0O-O-O 17.\u00a0Nf6\u00a0Nd7 18.\u00a0Nh5\u00a0Be5 19.\u00a0g4\u00a0f6 20.\u00a0b3\u00a0Bf7 21.\u00a0Nd1\u00a0Nf8 22.\u00a0Nxf6\u00a0Ne6 23.\u00a0Nh5\u00a0Bxh5 24.\u00a0gxh5\u00a0Nf4 25.\u00a0Bxf4\u00a0gxf4 26.\u00a0Rg2\u00a0Rhg8 27.\u00a0Qe2\u00a0Rxg2+ 28.\u00a0Qxg2\u00a0Qe6 29.\u00a0Nf2\u00a0Rg8 30.\u00a0Ng4\u00a0Qe8 31.\u00a0Qf3\u00a0Qxh5 32.\u00a0Kf2\u00a0Bc7 33.\u00a0Ke2\u00a0Qg5 34.\u00a0Nh2\u00a0h5 35.\u00a0Rf2\u00a0Qg1 36.\u00a0Nf1\u00a0h4 37.\u00a0Kd2\u00a0Kb7 38.\u00a0c3\u00a0Be5 39.\u00a0Kc2\u00a0Qg7 40.\u00a0Nh2\u00a0Bxc3 41.\u00a0Qxf4\u00a0Bd4 42.\u00a0Qf7+\u00a0Ka6 43.\u00a0Qxg7\u00a0Rxg7 44.\u00a0Re2\u00a0Rg3 45.\u00a0Ng4\u00a0Rxh3 46.\u00a0e5\u00a0Rf3 47.\u00a0e6\u00a0Rf8 48.\u00a0e7\u00a0Re8 49.\u00a0Nh6\u00a0h3 50.\u00a0Nf5\u00a0Bf6 51.\u00a0a3\u00a0b5 52.\u00a0b4\u00a0cxb4 53.\u00a0axb4\u00a0Bxe7 54.\u00a0Nxe7\u00a0h2 55.\u00a0Rxh2\u00a0Rxe7 56.\u00a0Rh6\u00a0Kb6 57.\u00a0Kc3\u00a0Rd7 58.\u00a0Rg6\u00a0Kc7 59.\u00a0Rh6\u00a0Rd6 60.\u00a0Rh8\u00a0Rg6 61.\u00a0Ra8\u00a0Kb7 62.\u00a0Rh8\u00a0Rg5 63.\u00a0Rh7+\u00a0Kb6 64.\u00a0Rh6\u00a0Rg1 65.\u00a0Kc2\u00a0Rf1 66.\u00a0Rg6\u00a0Rh1 67.\u00a0Rf6\u00a0Rh8 68.\u00a0Kc3\u00a0Ra8 69.\u00a0d4\u00a0Rd8 70.\u00a0Rh6\u00a0Rd7 71.\u00a0Rg6\u00a0Kc7 72.\u00a0Rg5\u00a0Rd6 73.\u00a0Rg8\u00a0Rh6 74.\u00a0Ra8\u00a0Rh3+ 75.\u00a0Kc2\u00a0Ra3 76.\u00a0Kb2\u00a0Ra4 77.\u00a0Kc3\u00a0a6 78.\u00a0Rh8\u00a0Ra3+ 79.\u00a0Kb2\u00a0Rg3 80.\u00a0Kc2\u00a0Rg5 81.\u00a0Rh6\u00a0Rd5 82.\u00a0Kc3\u00a0Rd6 83.\u00a0Rh8\u00a0Rg6 84.\u00a0Kc2\u00a0Kb7 85.\u00a0Kc3\u00a0Rg3+ 86.\u00a0Kc2\u00a0Rg1 87.\u00a0Rh5\u00a0Rg2+ 88.\u00a0Kc3\u00a0Rg3+ 89.\u00a0Kc2\u00a0Rg4 90.\u00a0Kc3\u00a0Kb6 91.\u00a0Rh6\u00a0Rg5 92.\u00a0Rf6\u00a0Rh5 93.\u00a0Rg6\u00a0Rh3+ 94.\u00a0Kc2\u00a0Rh5 95.\u00a0Kc3\u00a0Rd5 96.\u00a0Rh6\u00a0Kc7 97.\u00a0Rh7+\u00a0Rd7 98.\u00a0Rh5\u00a0Rd6 99.\u00a0Rh8\u00a0Rg6 100.\u00a0Rf8\u00a0Rg3+ 101.\u00a0Kc2\u00a0Ra3 102.\u00a0Rf7+\u00a0Kd6 103.\u00a0Ra7\u00a0Kd5 104.\u00a0Kb2\u00a0Rd3 105.\u00a0Rxa6\u00a0Rxd4 106.\u00a0Kb3\u00a0Re4 107.\u00a0Kc3\u00a0Rc4+ 108.\u00a0Kb3\u00a0Kd4 109.\u00a0Rb6\u00a0Kd3 110.\u00a0Ra6\u00a0Rc2 111.\u00a0Rb6\u00a0Rc3+ 112.\u00a0Kb2\u00a0Rc4 113.\u00a0Kb3\u00a0Kd4 114.\u00a0Ra6\u00a0Kd5 115.\u00a0Ra8 Draw agreed<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" World chess champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway pressed hard but could not crack the defenses of American challenger Fabiano Caruana, agreeing to a draw after a hard-fought 115 moves in the first game o World chess champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway pressed hard but could not crack the defenses of American challenger Fabiano Caruana, agreeing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-worlds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18176\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pornvas.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}