I could not control my mood, my feelings. The moment Ian resigned the game, it was a very emotional moment. Time trouble for Nepomniachtchi led to 59.Qc7? and after this Ding brought home the game and the title.ĭing: "I am quite relieved. After 58.a3 59.h5 was equal as was 58.Bxg7 but real Most of his advantage was gone but he had lots of threats. The engine precisely refutes this by Queening and Qc6 at the very end. Nepomniachtchi went for a counter attack with 52.Qc8 Rc6 53.Qa8 with the idea of Rd8 to follow. Nepomniachtchi blundered with 48.h4? (he had to find 48.Qf4). Tricky for Ding, the game became about equal especially after the very precise 40.Bxc3 41.Rc1 Rf6! 42.Qd7 Qe2.Īfter 43.Bb4 Nepomniachtchi seemed to settle on a draw with 44.Qe4+ but second time around and with less than two minutesĭing played the bold 46.Rg6 avoiding the draw. As play speeded up Nepomniachtchi played 29.Qf3 provoking 29.e4 (29.Ne7) which was The decisive game four was another Ruy Lopez, Nepomniachtchi came up with an interesting idea of 13.Bb1 but later this bishopīecame badly placed there.
Game three was a double Fianchetto where Ding got the smallest of edges and Nepomniachtchi held in 33 moves. Nepomniachtchi did continue to set problems until near the end but Ding was very accurate. 21.exd6 (21.Bg3!) allowed Ding back in the game and equality. Game two was a Ruy Lopez where Nepomniachtchi stood better. On the king with 22.Rh5 setting a nasty trap, 23.Qc2 was better for white, 23.Rb1 Ne5! left white needing to be accurate Game one today was a strange d-pawn opening where white grabbed the c5 pawn, Nepomniachtchi went for a counter attack It's been an astonishing run of circumstance that's led to Ding becoming Champion including today's hard fought | ĭing Liren won the fourth and final rapid tie-break game against Ian Nepomniachtchi to become the new
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