Game of the Week #566
After many weeks of suspense, the new world champion has been crowned: Ding Liren. The match was extremely close and could have gone either way.
Most of the time Ian Nepomniachtchi would have been the logical winner, but in the end it was the Chinese star who kept his cool. The amount of risk that Ding Liren was willing to take on several occasions is not something that many people associate with a World Championship match.
We take a look at the decisive fourth rapid game.
Warm-up question: What would you play here with Black?
Ian Nepomniachtchi - Ding Liren, World Championship Match 2023, Rapid Tiebreak, Game 4
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In this opening Black opts for active piece play and is not afraid to fight for the initiative from an early stage. One of the many good features of this opening is that Black is often the side which controls the pace of the game.
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