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The World Chess Championship 2018 is set to be a close struggle between Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. Who will win the epic battle and emerge as the World Chess Champion? Will Carlsen retain the title, or can Caruana pry it away from him? GM Damian Lemos says that it is actually too close to call, as close to 50/50 as you can get.
On the one hand, we all know how good a player Magnus Carlsen is. Current champion, and the greatest player of recent history, if not all time. His is a household name, and he has shown time and again why he’s the highest rated player in the world. But on the other hand, that doesn’t mean this is a sure thing – Fabiano Caruana has been consistently improving over the past few years, getting better and better.
In the Candidates, Caruana showed just how impressive he can be, coming out on top of a tough group of players, including Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who played well enough to win any tournament any other day, had it not been for the extraordinary and excelling performance Caruana put in.
On top of that, it is Caruana who has the stronger opening preparation of the two. In openings with theory battles, Carlsen regularly chooses the quiet lines, but Caruana confidently selects sharp variations. In the middlegame, these players are evenly matched.
In this video, GM Damian Lemos talks about the upcoming match for the World Chess Championship, shares some of his predictions, and looks closely at a game that was played between the two contenders back in 2013. Think of it as a teaser for what we’ve got to come later this year!
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