This Friday begins the World Chess Championship. Defending champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway mates with his American challenger Fabiano Caruana. The World Cup will be held in London and will last until the 28th of November.
It starts from 16 clock - and SPIEGEL ONLINE reported by this game as of all others in the live ticker. The International Master Georgios Souleidis will guide you through the duels. The special feature: Exclusively in Germany and unlike most usual, the event - in cooperation with our partner Chessbase - transmitted without delay. The live ticker for the first game can be found here.
The day after a game, you can re-enact it, step by step. In addition, Grandmaster Daniel King will analyze selected encounters between Carlsen and Caruana in the video.
For the SPIEGEL Christian Gödecke is in London, who will report from local. A portrait of the two finalists can be found here.