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Norway's Magnus Carlsen defeats Russia's Sergey Karjakin, retains chess world champion title.

Time to draw some conclusions:

  • Magnus is not invincible at match playing and many top contenders are taking notes about his highs and downs.
  • Magnus is still the best player in the world, but he could have lose his title due to weak preparation, both theoretical and psychological.
  • Karjakin won the psychological battle early, but couldn't maintain his temper due  probably to exhaustion, having to defend with incredible resources against the world`s number 1.
  • Karjakin's strategy worked very well even when he was on the verge of defeat on games 3 and 4, his win at the candidates tournament proved to be very well deserved.
  • Karjakin was a worthy contender and can be considered "king of defense", he was incredibly cold blooded in the most difficult situations. Almost nobody gave a penny about his chances but the guy is a great representative of russian chess and kept his name on a high standard.
  • Most chess commentators around the world were wrong when commenting live on the match, they gave bad evaluations and plans and stuck to machine evalutations, probably there are a few worthy players that can comment and analyze a live match of such an elite standard.
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