Athletistic / Chess. Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi played a match with Chinese representative Ding Liren in the 5th round of the fifth leg of the Grand Chess Tour series. The competition is taking place in St. Louis (USA).

The Russian played with white pieces. The game ended in a draw on move 66.

The Russian’s next opponent will be American Fabio Caruana.

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Recall that Liren and Nepomniachtchi fought for the world title in the spring of 2023. Then the match ended with the victory of the Chinese in the tiebreaker. After that, Ding Liren did not play for a long time in competition due to health problems. The fight for the world crown between Ding Liren and 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju will take place in Singapore from November 20 to December 15, 2024.



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