Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Dark Horse

http://tass.ru/sport/3158088
Russian Grandmaster Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin scored a sensational victory in the Candidates Tournament. In the decisive game, he defeated American Fabiano Caruana and in November he’ll challenge Norwegian Magnus Carlsen for the World Chess Champion title.
Karjakin was not among the favourites to win the Candidates Tournament, if not else for the fact that he was ranked penultimate among eight candidates. [Read more].

Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin
Photo: Anton Novoderezhkin/TASS

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