<p>The big chess showdown between three-time defending champion Magnus Carlsen and his US challenger Fabiano Caruana will be decided by a series of rapid-play tiebreakers on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Norway’s Carlsen and Caruana wrapped up their 12-match World Chess Championship series in London with their 12th successive draw on Monday.</p>.<p>It was an anti-climactic finish to a showdown between 27-year old Carlsen and the first American contender to the crown since the legendary Bobby Fischer in 1972.</p>.<p>They will try to settle things first in a four-game series in which each player will have 25 minutes. An extra 10 seconds of time are added for each move they make.</p>.<p>Things will go to an even faster-paced format if there is still no winner. The final tiebreaker is a single winner-take-all game played in a lightning three minutes.</p>.<p>Carlsen will be viewed as the favourite on Wednesday. He excels at rapid chess and defended his title through tiebreakers against the Russian Sergey Karjakin in 2016.</p>.<p>“I think I have very good chances,” the Norwegian told reporters.</p>
<p>The big chess showdown between three-time defending champion Magnus Carlsen and his US challenger Fabiano Caruana will be decided by a series of rapid-play tiebreakers on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Norway’s Carlsen and Caruana wrapped up their 12-match World Chess Championship series in London with their 12th successive draw on Monday.</p>.<p>It was an anti-climactic finish to a showdown between 27-year old Carlsen and the first American contender to the crown since the legendary Bobby Fischer in 1972.</p>.<p>They will try to settle things first in a four-game series in which each player will have 25 minutes. An extra 10 seconds of time are added for each move they make.</p>.<p>Things will go to an even faster-paced format if there is still no winner. The final tiebreaker is a single winner-take-all game played in a lightning three minutes.</p>.<p>Carlsen will be viewed as the favourite on Wednesday. He excels at rapid chess and defended his title through tiebreakers against the Russian Sergey Karjakin in 2016.</p>.<p>“I think I have very good chances,” the Norwegian told reporters.</p>