Last chance saloon for Maryia Muzychuck
Hou Yifan has reached within half a point of being crowned women world chess champion for the third time.
The seventh game ended in a 81 move draw. Not the longest game of chess ever played, as implied in the headline.
https://lviv2016.fide.com/2016/03/12/the-longest-game-ended-in-a-draw/
The longest World Chess Championship game in history remains Korchnoi v Karpov 1978 a 124 move draw.
Carlsen and Anand came close in their recent clash in 2014 reaching move 122.
https://www.chessdom.com/carlsen-and-anand-come-close-to-breaking-the-record-for-longest-world-championship-game/
The seventh game ended in a 81 move draw. Not the longest game of chess ever played, as implied in the headline.
https://lviv2016.fide.com/2016/03/12/the-longest-game-ended-in-a-draw/
The longest World Chess Championship game in history remains Korchnoi v Karpov 1978 a 124 move draw.
Carlsen and Anand came close in their recent clash in 2014 reaching move 122.
https://www.chessdom.com/carlsen-and-anand-come-close-to-breaking-the-record-for-longest-world-championship-game/
With 2 rounds to go Maryia needs to win both these last two rounds to tie.
Comments
Post a Comment