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New York · Nov 2016
Carlsen 9–7 Karjakin
6–6; Carlsen won the rapid 3–1.
The score gap, game by game: up is Carlsen.
The game that moved the match the most: Carlsen's chance of winning the title went from 68% to 31%. Its costliest move:
Carlsen v Karjakin · 0–1
35. c5 by Carlsen: chances 58% → 41%
The coach: Ne5 instead (the arrow) — with it, Carlsen was a bit better.
Replay it: Study › Follow a live game › World Championship 2016: Carlsen v Karjakin › Game 8
Model: Carlsen's chance of winning the match
How the match could have been read, move by move: Reading the match.
Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.
42 moves · d4 Nf6 Bg5 d5 · accuracy Carlsen 93.3, Karjakin 93.4
No move cost more than 12%.
33 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Karjakin 92.2, Carlsen 93.2
No move cost more than 12%.
78 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Carlsen 93.6, Karjakin 93.8
Costliest move: 71. Na5 (Carlsen, 84% → 68%)
94 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Karjakin 90.3, Carlsen 91.1
Costliest move: 73... Bf4 (Carlsen, 95% → 73%)
51 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Carlsen 94.9, Karjakin 93.9
Costliest move: 51... Re4 (Karjakin, 43% → 15%)
32 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Karjakin 92.5, Carlsen 92.7
No move cost more than 12%.
33 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Karjakin 94.5, Carlsen 93.4
Costliest move: 16... Rc8 (Carlsen, 54% → 42%)
52 moves · d4 Nf6 Nf3 d5 · accuracy Carlsen 91.2, Karjakin 92.4
Costliest move: 35. c5 (Carlsen, 58% → 41%)
74 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Karjakin 93.3, Carlsen 93.1
Costliest move: 41... Nf5 (Carlsen, 50% → 35%)
75 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Carlsen 93.8, Karjakin 92.7
Costliest move: 56... Rhh7 (Karjakin, 43% → 29%)
34 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Karjakin 92.8, Carlsen 95.5
No move cost more than 12%.
30 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Carlsen 94.7, Karjakin 94.3
No move cost more than 12%.
37 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Karjakin 94.7, Carlsen 94.6 · rapid
No move cost more than 12%.
84 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Carlsen 92.4, Karjakin 91.7 · rapid
Costliest move: 84. hxg6 (Carlsen, 100% → 50%)
38 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Karjakin 88.8, Carlsen 91.8 · rapid
Costliest move: 38. Rxc7 (Karjakin, 50% → 5%)
50 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 d6 · accuracy Carlsen 91.8, Karjakin 89.2 · rapid
Costliest move: 48... Qf2 (Karjakin, 28% → 0%)
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