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The mega-match ended after Team World checked Carlsen’s king a third time, a stunning outcome after had predicted Carlsen would win by a wide margin.

This was the third 鈥渧s. The World鈥� record-setting online game. In 1999, played against more than 50,000 people on the Microsoft Network and won after four months.

Last year, Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand won his “vs. The World” match against nearly 70,000 players on .

鈥榁ery, very sound chess鈥�

Carlsen, , became the world鈥檚 top-ranked player in 2010 aged 19 and has won five World Championships. He achieved the highest-ever chess rating of 2882 in 2014 and has remained the undisputed world number one for .

鈥淥verall, 鈥榯he world鈥� has played very, very sound chess from the start. Maybe not going for most enterprising options, but kind of keeping it more in vein with normal chess 鈥� which isn鈥檛 always the best strategy, but it worked out well this time,鈥� Carlsen said in a statement Friday as Monday鈥檚 draw seemed imminent.

Because it was a freestyle match, the bishops, knights, rooks, queen and king were randomly shuffled around the board while the pawns remained in their usual spots. Freestyle chess is popular because it allows players to be more creative and avoid memorization.

鈥榃e made history鈥�

Team World voted on each move and each side had 24 hours to make their play. Carlsen played the white pieces.

The world won on move 32 after checking Carlsen’s king three times in the corner of the board where it could not escape. The rule is called “threefold repetition,” meaning all of the pieces on the board are in the exact same position three times to prompt a draw.

In the virtual chat, players appeared split on whether to force the draw — and claim the glory — or to keep playing against Carlsen, even if it ultimately meant a loss.

鈥淒on鈥檛 Draw! Let鈥檚 keep playing Magnus,鈥� one user wrote. 鈥淭his is an opportunity that won鈥檛 come along again. I鈥檇 rather play the Master all the way to the end and see if we can battle it out another 20 or 30 moves! Let鈥檚 have some FUN!!!鈥�

Another added: 鈥淭hanks Magnus for such a great game. We made history.鈥�