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Who won the World Chess championship 2013?

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Christopher Anderson

Published Feb 19, 2026

Who won the World Chess championship 2013?

Magnus Carlsen
World Chess Championship 2013/Winners
Carlsen compared his victory this year to 2013, when he beat Viswanathan Anand of India to become the world champion. The winning margin for that match, a best-of-12, was similar, 6.5 to 3.5. This was Carlsen’s fifth victory in a world championship match.

What was the score line by which Viswanathan Anand lost to Magnus Carlsen in the 2013 World Chess Championship match?

c4 in critical round five. The match gathered record-setting TV audiences in Anand’s home country of India, and huge interest around the world. It took place from November 7-22 at the Hyatt Regency Chennai. Carlsen won the match 6.5 to 3.5, after ten of the twelve scheduled games.

Has Vishy defeated Magnus Carlsen?

He became the undisputed world champion in 2007, and defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, Veselin Topalov in 2010, and Boris Gelfand in 2012. In 2013, he lost the title to challenger Magnus Carlsen, and he lost a rematch to Carlsen in 2014 after winning the 2014 Candidates Tournament.

Who won the world chess champion in 2013 2014 and 2016?

Carlsen had been world champion since 2013, while Karjakin qualified as challenger by winning the 2016 Candidates Tournament. The best-of-12 match, organized by FIDE and its commercial partner Agon, was played in New York City between 10 and 30 November 2016….World Chess Championship 2016.

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Who did Viswanathan Anand defeated in 2012 to retain the World Chess Champion title?

Boris Gelfand of
The World Chess Championship 2012 was a chess match between the defending world champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the 2011 Candidates Tournament. After sixteen games, including four rapid games, Anand retained his title.

Who is the best chess player in the world?

GM Magnus Carlsen
GM Magnus Carlsen 2855 | #1 GM Magnus Carlsen is the current world chess champion. To many people, he’s the best to ever play the game, although GMs Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer remain in the conversation.

Who is world number 2 in chess?

GM Alireza Firouzja 2804 | #2 Alireza Firouzja is an Iranian-born grandmaster living in France, a world-class player and the youngest player in the world rated over 2700.

Who Won chess Championship 2015?

The Chess World Cup 2015 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 10 September to 5 October 2015. Sergey Karjakin won the competition on tie-breaks after a four-game final against Peter Svidler.

Who won World chess 2017?

Levon Aronian
2017 FIDE World Cup winner Levon Aronian. The Chess World Cup 2017 was a 128-player single-elimination chess tournament, held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from 2 to 27 September 2017. It was won by Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian. This was the second time he had won the Chess World Cup, 12 years after his first win in 2005.

How old is Kasparov?

58 years (April 13, 1963)
Garry Kasparov/Age

Who won the 2013 World Chess Championship in Chennai?

It was held from 9 to 22 November 2013 in Chennai, India, under the auspices of FIDE (the World Chess Federation). Carlsen won the match 6½–3½ after ten of the twelve scheduled games, becoming the new world chess champion . This was heralded by Garry Kasparov and others as the start of a new era in chess,…

Who is Anand’s second in the Chess World Championship?

Anand’s seconds for the match were Surya Ganguly and Radosław Wojtaszek, who had helped him in four previous World Championship matches; his primary second Peter Heine Nielsen had been hired away earlier in the year by Carlsen, under agreement that he would not help Carlsen during this match against Anand.

How many games did Magnus Carlsen win against Kasparov?

Carlsen won the match 6½–3½ after ten of the twelve scheduled games, becoming the new world chess champion . This was heralded by Garry Kasparov and others as the start of a new era in chess, with Carlsen being the first champion to have developed his game in the age of super-strong chess computers.

Was Magnus Carlsen the first chess champion to develop his game?

This was heralded by Garry Kasparov and others as the start of a new era in chess, with Carlsen being the first champion to have developed his game in the age of super-strong chess computers. The challenger was determined in the 2013 Candidates Tournament, which was a double round-robin tournament.