 Carlsen won the match 6½–3½ after ten of the twelve scheduled games, becoming the new world chess champion.This was heralded by Garry Kasparov and others as the start of a new era in chess, with Carlsen being the first champion to have developed his game in the age of super-strong chess computers.The challenger was determined in the 2013 Candidates Tournament, which was a double round-robin tournament.