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Chess celebrities, including Howard Staunton, fifth from left, in this illustration for The Illustrated London News, 14 July 1855. Credit: in public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

illustration by fivethirtyeight This article is part of our 2021 World Chess Championship series. With a tense draw lasting four hours and 45 moves, Magnus Carlsen on Friday began the latest ...