Norway’s Magnus Carlsen outclassed challenger Sergey Karjakin of Russia in Game 10 to draw level 5-5 with two games left in New York on Thursday.
Norway’s Magnus Carlsen outclassed challenger Sergey Karjakin of Russia in Game 10 to draw level 5-5 with two games left in New York on Thursday.
The defending world champion capitalised on the position when Karjakin overlooked a sequence of moves that would have helped him draw the game and maintain his lead.
They reached an endgame in which Carlsen had a slight advantage and built on it, en route to a hard fought win after more than six hours.
The pair will next lock horns on Saturday.
Game 10 won by
MagnusCarlsen</a>! Match is 5-5 with two games to go! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/worldchess2016?src=hash">#worldchess2016</a> <a href="https://t.co/oGCaLRS9g0">pic.twitter.com/oGCaLRS9g0</a></p>— Chess.com (
chesscom) November 25, 2016