Magnus Carlsen played an online game with 143 thousand chess players!

The online confrontation, which aroused great interest in the chess world, ended with a 46-day intellectual marathon. Former world champion Magnus Carlsen played against “Team World” — more than 143,000 users from around the world — on the Chess.com website, and the game ended in a draw.

This was the largest number of participants in the history of the format, surpassing the records of Garry Kasparov (50,000 participants in 1999) and Viswanathan Anand (70,000 participants in 2023).

The competition was held in the Fischer chess format — in this round, the placement of the pieces is selected randomly. Carlsen made the first move, and then each world participant selected the moves by voting. Each side was given 24 hours to make one move.

Initially, Carlsen had a positional advantage, but “Team World” was able to withstand the pressure and maintain positional balance. The game ended in a draw due to a three-times-repeated situation in the 32nd move.

Carlsen said after the game: “I felt an advantage at the beginning, but then I made the wrong decision. My opponents left no chance — they played very carefully and effectively.”

This game became a symbol not only of the steps taken in the history of chess, but also of global unity and intellectual cooperation.

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