It's Sergey

Sergey Karjakin won the Moscow Candidates Tournament today, and will face Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship, allegedly in November, allegedly in NYC.

Today Karjakin faced co-leader Fabiano Caruana. Due to the tie-break rules, Caruana needed to either draw (with the black pieces) and hope that Anand won with the black pieces against Svidler, or he needed to beat Karjakin outright. Caruana played a Sicilian and tried hard to create something, but ultimately had to resign not long after the time control was reached. Karjakin played brilliantly in time pressure to secure the win.

So congratulations to Sergey Karjakin for his excellent result, and consolations for Fabiano Caruana, who faced a daunting task today thanks to the tie-break rules.These events should really be settled with a mini-match, but FIDE either can't or won't find the sponsors to do it. C'est la vie.

Moscow Candidates 2016

Tomorrow and Monday the last two rounds of the Moscow Candidates Tournament will be played. Caruana and Karjakin are the co-leaders at the moment, with Anand a half-point back. Karjakin currently holds the tie-break edge, and he'll have White against Caruana in the last round.

Find your favorite site to view live games and tune in! (Mine is Chess24.com, but any of the big sites should provide good coverage.) Based on the last three rounds and the last few rounds in the 2013 Candidates Tournament, this should be fun!

Just another chess widow?

Amruta Mokal, among other things a chess photographer, is working at the Moscow Candidates tournament. On Monday Anish Giri battled Fabiano Caruana for over seven hours. So what did Giri's wife, Sopiko Guramishvili aka Chess24.com's Ms. Tactics, do?

@Sopiko20 What to do when your husband plays for seven hours! :) #dedicatedwife #MoscowCandidates pic.twitter.com/EOjww7Yt7h

— Amruta Mokal (@amrutamokal) March 22, 2016