Athletistic/ Others. On Friday July 1, Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi drew with American Hikaru Nakamura in the 12th round match of the Candidates Tournament. Ian Nepomniachtchi leads two races before the end of the competition. Ilya Gorodetsky, the former head of FIDE’s online commission, spoke about it.

– When playing black against Nepomniachtchi, it’s hard to imagine a situation where you’re not happy with a draw. Nakamura is always realistic, he understood that there was no chance to catch Jan. We can already say with certainty that Nepomniachtchi is the winner of the Candidates Tournament – 2022, Sport24 quotes Gorodetsky.

Remember that the winner of the Candidates Tournament will play with the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen for the world chess crown.

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