Five games, five draws

By Donald Duff On In Sports |
Sergey Karjakin, the challenger (left) shakes the hand of Magnus Carlsen, the defending world champion, before the start of yesterday’s fifth game of their World Chess Championship title match, in Manhattan, New York. (Photo courtesy of FIDE.com) (See page 29)
Sergey Karjakin, the challenger (left) shakes the hand of Magnus Carlsen, the defending world champion, before the start of yesterday’s fifth game of their World Chess Championship title match, in Manhattan, New York. (Photo courtesy of FIDE.com) (See page 29)

From Donald Duff in New York

It is getting to be very predictable here at the 2016 World Chess Champion-ship title match, after the fifth game of the 12 match series between defending champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway, and Russia’s Serjey Karjakin ended in, you guessed it, a draw.

However, unlike the previous two games which were long drawn out affairs, yesterday’s game ended after a relatively short 51 moves.

Carlsen, who has played the more aggressive chess, seemed to be frustrated after the match.