It was the year that saw the young king keep his crown and the queen make her last move. Magnus Carlsen retaining the World championship, at the expense of Viswananthan Anand in Sochi, was widely expected, but the incredible Judit Polgar’s retirement from competitive chess wasn’t. The World title match in Russia was very much the showpiece event of what was quite an eventful year.Exciting contest The match between the young Norwegian and the not-so-young Indian produced some...
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