Magnus Carlsen is the new world grand master of chess
His and Anand's matches lasted for days, each mach hours, their final match today was marked with a very appropriate ending, where both of them were down to very few pieces each, in fact, the exact same pieces, 1 king, 6 pawns and 1 horse. Magnus ended up sacrificing both a horse, and an oportunity to auto-win by remis, but wanted to allow Anand to fight to the last man
So, the result became a race to win new queens, something both achieved simultaneously, followed by a quick sacrifice of these queens in order to massacre away all pawns.
The final turn included only one king for Magnus, and a king and a horse for Anand, but with the inevitable draw - and thus Magnus' final victory.
I plaid chess since I was little, but knowing there are such masters around, I've never ever had the audacity to claim that I am ANY kind of good at this game
I know where the pieces go