Today in Astana (Kazakhstan) the ninth match of the match for the title of world champion between the Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi and the Chinese representative Ding Liren was played. The opponents ended the match in a draw.
For the first time in this match, the number of moves in a game exceeded 60. The grandmasters drew in the 82nd move.
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After nine games, the score is 5:4 in favor of Nepomniachtchi. The tenth match will be played on Sunday, April 23 and will start at 12:00 Moscow time.
The match will consist of 14 games, in case of a draw, a tie-break of 4 matches 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 reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen refused to play against Nepomniachtchi. This gave the Russians the right to hold a match with the representative of China for the chess crown.
Former coach of Nepomniachtchi He thanked God that he drew with Liren in the eighth game of the world championship game..