Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Farawa da zagayen Gasar 2014, Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta bi zagayen shekaru 2: cancantar 'Yan takara a cikin shekara mara kyau, gasar' Yan takara a farkon shekara, da kuma wasan Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya a ƙarshen shekara. Kowane ɗayan da'irori uku da suka gabata sun haifar da nasarar kare Carlsen da taken sa: a kan Anand a 2014
; a kan Sergey Karjakin a cikin 2016; da Fabiano Caruana a cikin 2018. An yanke hukuncin karewarsa biyu na karshe ta hanyar daidaitawa a cikin wasanni masu sauri.