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By the time the end came, the two duelling grandmasters had been dancing in New York for nearly three weeks. But Magnus Carlsen, the 26-year-old Norwegian prodigy, kept his crown as chess's world champion, emerging victorious in rapid tiebreakers after a dogged challenge from Sergey Karjakin, a Russian prodigy of the same age. In doing so Mr Carlsen, who won the title from Viswanathan Anand, an Indian grandmaster, in 2013, solidified his claim as the strongest chess player in history. He has already broken Garry Kasparov's record for highest chess rating ever.

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