Athletistic/ Others. The Candidates Chess Tournament is currently underway. Its winner will face the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen for the world title. So far, Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi is in the lead. International Grandmaster Sergey Shipov spoke about it.

– The result is magnificent, good, there are some comments on the game, but the opponents are very strong, Jan is trying, everything is going well. He has a strong opponent, Fabiano Caruana, he is very serious, and he has a game in reserve with the whites against Jan. They’re the clear favourites, but I think in glorious Russian tradition, someone third from mid-table should join. This often happens when two people show up and then someone catches up to them, Shipov said, as quoted by TASS.

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