World Chess Championship 2013

World Chess Championship 2013

Hyatt Regency Chennai, Chennai, India
9–22 November 2013
	Defending champion	Challenger
	Viswanathan Anand	Magnus Carlsen
	3½ Scores 6½ Game 1 ½ 16 move draw ½ Game 2 ½ 25 move draw ½ Game 3 ½ 51 move draw ½ Game 4 ½ 64 move draw ½ Game 5 0 58 moves → 1 Game 6 0 67 moves → 1 Game 7 ½ 32 move draw ½ Game 8 ½ 33 move draw ½ Game 9 0 28 moves → 1 Game 10 ½ 65 move draw ½ Game 11 Not required Game 12 Not required
	Born 11 December 1969 43 years old	Born 30 November 1990 22 years old
	Winner of the World Chess Championship 2012	Winner of the Candidates Tournament 2013
	Rating: 2775 (World No. 8)	Rating: 2870 (World No. 1)
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The World Chess Championship 2013 was a match between reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and challenger Magnus Carlsen, to determine the World Chess Champion. It was held from 7 to 25 November 2013 in Chennai, India, under the auspices of FIDE (the World Chess Federation).

Carlsen won the match 6½–3½ after ten of the twelve scheduled games, becoming the new world chess champion. This was heralded by Garry Kasparov and others as the start of a new era in chess, with Carlsen being the first champion to have developed his game in the age of super-strong chess computers.^[1][2]