Konikowski/Bekemann: World Chess Championship 2016

Autor: Konikowski, Jerzy; Bekemann, Uwe
Verlag / Hersteller: Beyer
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Sprache: Deutsch
Buchumschlag: paperback
Seiten: 156

World championship matches have always been the absolute high points of international chess. In late autumn this year, two representatives of the younger generation met for the first time in New York City to win or defend the coveted title in a match over 12 games and, if necessary, a subsequent tie-break. On the one hand, the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, reigning world champion since 2013 and for even longer the clear world number one, celebrated by experts as the best chess player on the planet and favored in the match. On the other hand, the challenger Sergei Karjakin from Russia, who is about the same age and is fighting his first world championship match, supported and promoted by the powerful Russian chess nation, which is desperate to win the title back. Despite his repeatedly proven toughness and nerves of steel, Karjakin was only considered an outsider, because all the statistics and previous encounters on the board spoke in his opponent's favor.

This book contains all the games from this duel at the highest level, which turned out to be much closer than expected, with thorough commentary and numerous illustrations. In addition, the preceding chapters introduce the players with biographical sketches, supplemented by previous duels against each other and other brilliant achievements that both achieved on the chessboard.

156 pages, 2016, paperback.