Record-breaking start to ‘Magnus vs The World’ as 100,000 players take on Carlsen in largest-ever online chess game

It was a record-breaking start to the ‘Magnus vs The World’ chess match, which became the largest-ever online game in the sport’s history. A staggering 100,000 players have come together to take on world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen on Chess.com.

World No.1 chess player Magnus Carlsen is currently engaged in a thrilling match against 100,000 players at the same time. How? The 100,000 participants are competing against the 34-year-old Norwegian in the Magnus vs The World match which got underway on Thursday on Chess.com.

The Magnus vs The World match has already broken the record for the largest online chess match ever. However, it is not the first time a chess Grandmaster is playing against the whole world. Earlier, former champions Garry Kasparov and Viswanathan Anand
have also taken part in similar matches.

The Kasparov vs The World match on the MSN Gaming Zone in 1999 saw the Russian chess legend compete against 50,000 players. Indian chess great Anand, who won the world title five times, competed against 70,000 players on the 25th anniversary of Kasparov’s game. Both GMs won their respective matches.

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