Nepomniachtchi’s coach said that their team’s sweatshirt was stolen during the match with Liren
Sergey Kishnev, the coach of Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi, spoke about the theft from the team during the match for the world chess title. His words leads “Championship”.
“They stole Nepoteam hoodies from us here – our employee walked away, and one person calmly approached, took the hoodie off his shoulders and left,” Kishnev said. He said that the violator was found, and it turned out that the sweatshirt was stolen by a Dutch citizen working at the championship. The coach noted that the employee was fired and forced to pay compensation.
In the match for the world chess crown, which takes place in Astana, Nepomniachtchi plays with the Chinese Ding Liren. After ten games, the Russian leads the score – 5.5:4.5.
The current world champion is Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, who previously refused to defend the title, citing a lack of motivation. In December 2021, he beat Nepomniachtchi 7.5:3.5.
Source: Lenta
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