Chinese grandmaster Ding Liren commented on the draw with Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 10th match of the match for the world chess crown. Transmits words “Match TV”.
Jan defended well enough. So I didn’t have much luck with this game. We’ve had a number of draws so far, but the game isn’t over. There are only four games left, but you only need to win one to equalize. That is what I will try to do,” said Ding Liren.
Nepomniachtchi played with the black pieces. The match ended in a draw on the 45th move.
The Russian chess player leads the match with a score of 5.5-4.5.
Game 11 will be played on April 24.
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 won the 2022 Candidates’ Tournament ahead of schedule, Dean was second, Teymur Radjabov from Azerbaijan was third.
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. In a chess crown match in 2021, Carlsen defeated Nepomniachtchi.
Former Russian grandmaster Sergey Karyakin judicial 10th championship match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren.