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* Longest World Championship game ever played at 136 moves. * First decisive World Championship game at classical time controls in over 5 years.
by beefman 5y ago
* Longest World Championship game ever played at 136 moves.
* First decisive World Championship game at classical time controls in over 5 years.
- Someone 5y agoI think “classical time controls” were introduced in 2006 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2006#Time_control https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_2006#... ) in particular, the “after move 60, 15 minutes extra time, plus 30 seconds per move” rule is quite a departure from earlier times, when long games got adjourned, to cube continued the next day. There’s a good chance that affected the outcome of this game. In the end, it theoretically was a draw, but finding that draw proved too difficult for black.