Who won the 2016 World Chess Championship title?

Concept

The World Chess Championship crowns the game's undisputed world champion through a one-on-one match between the reigning champion and a single challenger (the winner of the preceding Candidates Tournament). If the classical games end level, the title is decided by faster rapid, and if still tied blitz, tiebreak games.

Applying it here

The 2016 World Chess Championship was held in New York in November 2016 between defending champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and challenger Sergey Karjakin of Russia. The twelve classical games finished level at 6-6, so the match went to a rapid tiebreak, which Carlsen won 3-1 to retain his crown. The 2016 champion is therefore Magnus Carlsen.

Why the other names do not fit

• Garry Kasparov: world champion from 1985 to 2000, he retired from competitive chess in 2005 and did not contest the 2016 title.

• Viswanathan Anand: world champion from 2007 to 2013, he had already lost the crown in 2013 and was not one of the two players in the 2016 match.

• Sergey Karjakin: he won the 2016 Candidates Tournament to become the challenger and pushed the match to tiebreaks, but finished as runner-up, not champion.

Answer: Magnus Carlsen.