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A close struggle between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana is awaiting us. The World Chess Championship 2018 will be more exciting than ever! Who will win this epic battle and emerge as the World Chess Champion? Will Carlsen retain the title, or can Caruana add his name to the list of Chess Champions of history?
GM Damian Lemos thinks that it is too close for any safe bets – it is almost impossible to make any predictions. He says that this year’s World Chess Championship in London will be as close to 50/50 as you can get, with both players having next to no weaknesses.
On the one side, current Champion Magnus Carlsen, the greatest player of recent history, if not all time, almost needs no introduction. Everyone who follows chess knows who he is. Since his victory in the World Championship Match against Vishy Anand in 2013, nobody has been able to take the chess crown away from him.
But on the other hand Fabiano Caruana fully deserves his spot in the match, having consistently improved over the past few years. He just seems to get better and better. In the Candidates Tournament 2018, Caruana showed just how impressive he can be, coming out on top of a tough group of players, including Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and previous World Chess Champion contender, Sergey Karjakin.
It is Caruana who has the stronger opening preparation of the two. In openings with theory battles, Carlsen regularly chooses the offbeat lines, but Caruana confidently goes for the main lines. In the middlegame, these players are evenly matched.
Tension and excitement is guaranteed in the upcoming Word Championship Match. In this video, GM Damian Lemos focuses on the challenger, Fabiano Caruana, and specifically looks at his recent form. After the Candidates, has Caruana managed to maintain such a high level of play? What style has he been using on the board?
Damian looks at a recent game from the 2018 US Chess Championship between Caruana and Akobian.
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