MOSCOW, RUSSIA — WITH A TREMENDOUS THREE GAME WINS TO TWO TIEBREAK ADVANTAGE

THE WORLD CHESS CUP CHAMPION S. KARJAKIN PLAYS WHITE FIRST MOVE TOMORROW VERSUS F. CARUANA OF THE UNITED STATES TO DETERMINE WHO WILL GO TO THE WORLD TITLE MILLION DOLLAR NEW YORK WORLD TITLE MATCH VERSUS WORLD CHAMPION M. CARLSEN (NOVEMBER 10,2016) … with $420,000 total Candidates prize money awarded … A mere draw wins all the big gold for Mr. Karjakin unless trailing V. ANAND / INDIA wins with the black pieces versus Karjakin’s countryman P. Svidler … then all three players are tied and head to head results of the three tied players send Caruana of St.Louis to the world title match! Today was wild west frontier … 100 plus move games played by both Karjakin and Caruana in their savage efforts to seal the deal right now. Drawn drama indeed for 7 hours. ROUND 12 RESULTS: 1.KARJAKIN, CARUANA 7.5 POINTS FROM 12 GAMES … third place is ANAND 7 POINTS, 4-7 places: Giri, Svidler, Aronian, Nakamura 6.5 points.

— Jude Acers