Vladimir Potkin, personal trainer of Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi, believes that the grandmaster stabilized the situation in the match for the chess crown against Ding Liren.
“But I will also note that he was not successful in everything. Largely due to Ding Liren showing great wisdom and somewhere, let’s say, cunning in strategy.
It’s a big challenge and as a coach I would like more stability in Jan’s game. Now, it seems to me that Yang has balanced the situation in his favour. And if we continue to play with a stable, cool position and calm the rhythm of the match a little bit, then that will do us good,” Potkin explains. DEA News.
Today Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren will play the eighth match of the match for the chess crown. The Chinese representative will play with the white pieces.
In the seventh game, the victory went to the Russian chess player.
After seven games, the score is 4:3 in favor of the Russians. Recall that the match between Nepomniachtchi and Liren was possible due to the refusal of the reigning champion Norwegian Magnus Carlsen from the chess crown match against the Russians.
Formerly Alexander Zhukov He stated that Nepomniachtchi achieved a rare result in the seventh match of the match against Ding Liren..