Carlsen wins third consecutive World Chess Championship
Norwegian chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen beat Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin on Wednesday to clinch his third consecutive World Chess Championship. Carlsen and Karjakin were tied at six each before Carlsen claimed the championship by beating the Russian 3-1 in the four-game rapid chess tiebreaker. Carlsen last defeated Vishwanathan Anand in both the 2013 and 2014 World Chess Championships. 