01.12.2016

Ilyumzhinov called the victory of Carlsen a well-deserved

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov called the victory of Magnus Carlsen over Sergey Karjakin in the match for the world title a well-deserved. "I congratulate Magnus Carlsen with a deserved victory in a match for the World Chess crown. I wish him more victories and success!", wrote Ilyumzhinov in a post on Twitter.

"I express my sincere respect to Sergey Karjakin, who fought this uncompromising fight with honour and the highest skill," added the president of FIDE.

Recall that Norwegian Magnus Carlsen defended his title of the World Chess Champion with the score 3-1 in a tiebreaker having beaten the Russian Sergey Karjakin on the night of December 1.