The world chess championship 2021 was won by Magnus Carlsen at the world expo in Dubai from 24the November 2021 to 10th December 2021.

In this chess championship which was played between Magnus Carlsen vs Ian Nepomniachtchi, one previous record for the longest chess game in the world chess championship was broken in game 6.

World chess championship 2021 qualifiers

The procedure of qualifier for the world chess championship is that the top 8 players from Fide’s ranking will participate in a candidates tournament and the winner will challenge the world chess champion for the next world chess championship, so in 2021 Ian Nepomniachtchi challenged Magnus Carlsen in 2021.

One more thing is to know that if the world champion refuses to play with a challenger then the top 2 players from the candidates will play each other for the world chess championship title.

List of Qualifiers for the world chess championship

1. Ian Nepomniachtchi (Winner)
2. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
3. Anish Giri
4. Fabiano Caruana
5. Ding Liren
6. Alexander Grischuk
7. Kirill Alekseenko
8. Wang Hao

World chess championship 2021 venue

The World Chess Championship 2021 was played at the Dubai Exhibition Center. Here is the picture of Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi.

World chess championship 2021 prize money

The prize money for the world chess championship 2021 was €2 million. For the winner, it was 60% and 40% for the loser. And if there is no winner after 14 rounds then the percentage of prize money will be expanded 55% for the winner and 45% for the loser because of the tiebreak.

World chess championship 2021 time control

For the first 40 moves, players are given 120 minutes. 60 minutes for further 20 moves. And If the game is still in progress, 15 minutes will be given for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds for each move.

Chess openings played in the world chess championship 2021

You have a very good opportunity for choosing the best chess openings, in world chess championships both players try to beat each other and they play solid and best openings with no weakness or neither gambits. So if you want to know the best chess openings then you should check out this list and find out which opening or defense you will play.

• C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
• E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
• C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
• C42 Petrov Defense
• C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
• D02 Queen’s Pawn Game
• C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
• C43 Petrov, Modern Attack
• A13 English
• C42 Petrov Defense
• C53 Giuoco Piano

World chess championship 2021 number of games

The World Chess Championship 2021 had 14 games. But the last match was not played as Magnus won the Championship with a round to spare.

world chess championship 2021 game 1

world chess championship 2021 game 2

world chess championship 2021 game 3

world chess championship 2021 game 4

world chess championship 2021 game 5

world chess championship 2021 game 6

Game 6 of the world chess championship 2021 was the longest game in the history of the World Chess Championship which lasted 7 hours and 45 minutes concluding the game in 136 moves and breaking the previous record of 124 moves in the 1978 World Chess Championship played between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi.

world chess championship 2021 game 7

world chess championship 2021 game 8

world chess championship 2021 game 9

world chess championship 2021 game 10

world chess championship 2021 game 11

World chess championship 2021 results

Magnus Carlsen won the world chess championship in 2021 with a result of 7.5 out of 11 rounds and 3 rounds to spare. The rule is that you have to earn 7.5 points from 14 rounds in order to win the world chess championship.

Conclusion

If you watched these games then you must learn something from these games. And this article my favorite section was about chess openings played in these games. If you have any questions regarding the world chess championship 2021 then feel free to ask.