Russian Chess Federation (RCF) Vice-President Sergey Smagin talked about how Ding Liren’s game for the world chess crown against Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi was affected by his winning position, which did not happen in the eighth game.
“It’s not even a matter of pressure, it’s that he never predicted the opening in his last games. Liren lets Yang play concrete, and that’s one of our chess player’s strengths. custom counting game. There was a really twisted continuation in that game, there was a huge mess of pieces, there was a dynamic where both could make mistakes. In the end, the Chinese really prevailed … This is the position for which he should strive. How will the coaching team decide what to offer? For Jan, this rest day is also a tremendous amount of work. It is necessary to understand from which side the danger threatens. And what threatens – no doubt. The Chinese chess player has nowhere to retreat, and it is very dangerous that he will play two-thirds with white, ”Smagin said in a conversation with a socialbites.ca correspondent.
After 11 games, Nepomniachtchi is ahead with a score of 6:5. The last four matches have ended in draws. We have three more matches ahead of us and then tie-break will be played in case of a draw.
It was previously reported by Ding Liren presented own version of changing the format of the match for the title of world chess champion.