Russian Chess Federation (RCF) President Andrey Filatov talked about the third game of the match for the chess crown between Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi and Chinese representative Ding Liren.
“The game was mutually “toothless”. It seems that the Chinese chess player survived the defeat and got into shape. It will not be easy for Yan in this match in the future,” Filatov said. TASS.
After three games the score was 2:1 in favor of Nepomniachtchi. The Russian won the second game, the rest ended in a draw. The next game of the match for the world chess crown will be played today. It starts at 12:00 Moscow time.
In the event of a draw in the 14-game match, a 4-match tie-break will be played. If the tie-break does not reveal the winner, chess players will play blitz.
Recall that in July, Nepomniachtchi was the winner of the 2022 Candidates’ Tournament, the second place was taken by Lizhen, and the third place was taken by Teymur Radjabov from Azerbaijan. On July 20, it was learned that current world champion Magnus Carlsen refused to play against Nepomniachtchi. This gave the Russians the right to play a match for the chess crown with the representative of China.
It was previously reported that Kenyan chess player disqualified for impersonating a woman.