Overview

• The match, titled 'Magnus Carlsen vs. The World,' featured over 143,000 players collectively challenging the reigning world chess champion.
• Carlsen, playing the white pieces, faced Team World in a Chess960 freestyle format, where non-pawn pieces were randomly arranged at the start.
• The game concluded after 32 moves when Team World forced a draw by checking Carlsen's king three times, invoking the threefold repetition rule.
• Chess.com had predicted a decisive Carlsen victory, but the global team’s sound strategy and collaboration defied expectations.
• This event shattered participation records, surpassing previous 'vs. The World' matches by Garry Kasparov in 1999 and Viswanathan Anand in 2024.