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Workforce World manages a attract marathon chess showdown in opposition to grandmaster Magnus Carlsen
The Tycoon Herald > World > Workforce World manages a attract marathon chess showdown in opposition to grandmaster Magnus Carlsen
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Workforce World manages a attract marathon chess showdown in opposition to grandmaster Magnus Carlsen

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By Tycoon Herald 4 Min Read Published May 21, 2025
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Norway’s chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen gestures throughout a recreation within the Tata Metal Chess India match in Kolkata on Nov. 17, 2024.

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Magnus Carlsen, the chess grandmaster who has develop into the general public face of the sport, was pressured right into a draw after an intense recreation performed over 6 1/2 weeks — and it solely took some 143,000 opponents working collectively to do it.

In a freestyle match that chess.com billed as Magnus vs. The World, Carlsen was pitted in opposition to a staff consisting of any and each member of the web group who needed to affix.

The web site mentioned the variety of gamers reached a file 143,000, as individuals from across the globe rushed to play in opposition to the Norwegian chess legend.

Norway's chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen gestures during a game in the Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata on Nov. 17.

The sport started on April 4 and ended Monday in a draw, after the Workforce World gamers thrice checked Carlsen’s king piece, forcing the tie.

“Overall, The World has played very, very sound chess,” Carlsen instructed Chess.com towards the tip of the match.

Praising his opponents, who managed to pressure a attract 32 strikes, Carlsen instructed the web site that The World staff had been unrelenting of their gameplay.

“I felt that I was a little bit better early in the opening,” he mentioned. “Then maybe I didn’t play that precisely and, honestly, since then they didn’t give me a single chance, so it was just heading toward the draw.”

Carlsen performed the white items, making the primary transfer. Workforce World performed the black items, and either side had 24 hours to launch an opposing strike.

Workforce World’s strikes have been determined by standard vote.

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960 potential beginning positions

The fashion of play used for this mega-tournament is known as Chess960, or Fischer Random Chess, named after the late chess juggernaut Bobby Fischer.

On this type of chess, pawns stay of their basic configuration, lining the primary row of every gamers’ subject, whereas the again row of items — together with knights, bishops, rooks, kings and queens — are positioned “semi-randomly,” in line with chess.com.

The 960 refers back to the variety of potential beginning positions within the recreation.

Chess has grown extra standard

Craig Clawitter, a U.S. nationwide grasp {and professional} chess teacher, was a part of the horde of gamers that in the end matched Carlsen.

He mentioned he wasn’t actually stunned the sport led to a tie, citing the current explosion in chess’s recognition.

“The rest of the world is getting so much better at chess that these types of matches are probably gonna end in draws, or honestly The World might start beating the one player pretty soon,” Clawitter mentioned.

Can't Find A Chess Set? You Can Thank 'The Queen's Gambit' For That

Calling the increase in chess’s road cred “the only good thing that happened from the pandemic,” the chess skilled mentioned that between many Individuals being underneath lockdown because of COVID-19 and the discharge of the favored Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit that very same yr, individuals discovered to fall in love with the technique sport.

“Chess is more of an accepted and kind of cool thing to do now, which is crazy because in high school, I actually hid that I played chess from my friends cause I didn’t want to be called a dork,” Clawitter mentioned.

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