Athletistic/ Others. Today, June 27, took place the match of the ninth round of the Candidates Tournament in Madrid. Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi met with US Representative Fabiano Caruana. The party ended in a draw. Thus, Nepomniachtchi maintains a leading position. Ilya Gorodetsky, the former head of FIDE’s online commission, spoke about it.

– Nepomniachtchi has three white games out of five ahead, he leads by one point, he is a big favourite. But in no case should you relax, however, I think he will not. The feeling that Ian is very well tuned into this tournament, that he has prepared superbly – first of all psychologically – Gorodetsky is quoted by Sport24.

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