Norwegian Magnus Carlsen defeated Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi in the eleventh game and defended his title of world chess champion in 2021 ahead of schedule.

In the next game, which took place on December 10, the Norwegian grandmaster defeated his opponent from Russia with black pieces.

Thus, the total score in the duel between Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi became 7.5: 3.5 in favor of the Norwegian, which guaranteed him the chess crown.

The final confrontation of the World Chess Championship began on November 24 in Dubai. According to the regulations, the winner of the chess crown is determined based on the results of 14 games..

Carlsen is a multiple world champion and a permanent winner of the chess crown since 2013, when he beat Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand. Then the Norwegian successfully defended the title in the match against the same Anand, as well as against the Russian Sergey Karjakin and the American Fabiano Caruana.

For Nepomniachtchi, this was the first final fight in his career for the title of world champion..