Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi drew the fifth game of the match for the world chess crown with Norwegian Magnus Carlsen. The correspondent of “Lenta.ru” informs about it.
In the first four games, the athletes also failed to identify the strongest, so at the moment the score in the confrontation is equal – 2.5: 2.5. The next time the chess players will meet is on December 3. The game will start at 15:30 Moscow time. The match for the world title takes place in Dubai.
The duel consists of 14 classical chess games. If, based on their results, the winner is not determined, the chess players will play a tie-break. To win the title, an athlete needs to score 7.5 points. A draw is estimated at 0.5 points, and a victory is estimated at one point.
The meeting of Nepomniachtchi and Carlsen was postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Norwegian is the reigning world champion.
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