World Championship, Playoff - Ding Liren takes the crown!

by ChessBase
4/30/2023 – By winning game 4 of the rapid tiebreakers — after three draws — Ding Liren became the 17th undisputed world chess champion! Ian Nepomniachtchi seemed to have things under control in the deciding game, and even a bit of an advantage at times, but he overestimated his chances and allowed Ding to get a dangerous passer. Ding kept his nerves and converted his advantage brilliantly. | Replay the games with computer-assisted analysis. Full report to follow shortly.
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Playoff

Find expert commentary — video and game annotations — by well-known coach and author IM Robert Ris at the end of the article.

The title match in Astana will once again be played to the best of 14 games, with a time control of 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 minutes for the next 20 moves, and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61. In case of a tie, the champion will be determined in a rapid chess playoff.

The match is taking place on April 9-30 in Astana, Kazakhstan, at the elegant St. Regis Hotel.

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Match results

GM
Ding,L
2788
½
0
½
1
0
1
0
½
½
½
½
1
½
½
½
½
½
1
9.5
GM
Nepomniachtchi,I
2795
½
1
½
0
1
0
1
½
½
½
½
0
½
½
½
½
½
0
8.5

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1.e4 7 e5 49 2.Nf3 7 Nc6 20 3.Bb5 6 a6 34 4.Ba4 6 Nf6 25 5.0-0 27 Be7 13 6.Bxc6 25 dxc6 20 7.Re1 4 Nd7 9:17 8.d4 35 C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation. exd4 1:28 9.Qxd4 7 0-0 42 10.Bf4 8 Nc5 4:00 11.Qe3 36
11...Bg4N 7:55 Predecessor: 11...Ne6 12.Bg3 Bc5 13.Qc3 Qe7 14.Nbd2 Re8 15.Rad1 ½-½ Groszpeter,A (2446)-Pinter,J (2540) HUN-chT 1516 2015 (8.7) 12.Nd4 3:40 Qd7 8:46 13.Nc3 24:03 Rad8 2:07
14.Nf5 3:07 Ne6 5:33 14...Bxf5 15.exf5 15.Nxe7+ 5:18 Qxe7 24 16.Bg3 42 Bh5 1:12 17.f3 4:04 f6 1:02 18.h3 3:34 h6 56 19.Kh2 2:17 Bf7 14:45 20.Rad1 5:17 b6 7:02 21.a3 7:53 a5 4:06 22.Ne2 5:04 Rxd1 10:08 23.Rxd1 11 Rd8 4 24.Rd3 30 c5 8:25 25.Qd2 2:14 c6 10:44 26.Rxd8+ 2:44 Nxd8 8 27.Qf4 18 Hoping for Qb8. b5 5:02 28.Qb8 3:24 Kh7 38 Black is weak on the dark squares 29.Bd6 14:25 White is more active. Qd7 28 30.Ng3 6:57       Ne6 1:27 31.f4 1:49 h5 3:38 32.c3 2:21 c4 59 32...h4= 33.Nf5 Bg6 33.h4 2:41 Qd8 10 34.Qb7 4:32 34.Qxd8 simplifies Nxd8 35.a4 Nb7 36.Ba3 34...Be8 42 34...Qxd6? 35.Qxf7 Qxf4 36.Qxe6+- 35.Nf5 22 Qd7 49 36.Qb8 1:04 Qd8 1:28 37.Qxd8 3:38 Nxd8= 2       Endgame KBN-KBN 38.Nd4 46 Nb7 33 The position is equal. 39.e5 19 Kg8 1:46 40.Kg3 0 Bd7 0 41.Bc7 9:56 Nc5 4:54 42.Bxa5 41 Kf7 2:18 43.Bb4 5:14 Nd3 13:34 ...c5 is the strong threat. 44.e6+ 15      
Deflection 44...Bxe6 6 aiming for ...c5. 45.Nxc6 4 Black must now prevent Nd8+. Bd7 1:15 46.Nd4 16 Nxb2 14 47.Kf3 2:10 Nd3 7:43 48.g3 1:54 Nc1 3:26 49.Ke3 1:05 Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.07 (flawless) ½–½
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Nepomniachtchi,I2795Ding,L2788½–½2023C85FIDE World Championship 20231.1
Ding,L2788Nepomniachtchi,I27950–12023D30FIDE World Championship 20232.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2795Ding,L2788½–½2023D36FIDE World Championship 20233.1
Ding,L2788Nepomniachtchi,I27951–02023A28FIDE World Championship 20234.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2795Ding,L27881–02023C84FIDE World Championship 20235.1
Ding,L2788Nepomniachtchi,I27951–02023D02FIDE World Championship 20236.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2795Ding,L27881–02023C07FIDE World Championship 20237.1
Ding,L2788Nepomniachtchi,I2795½–½2023E28FIDE World Championship 20238.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2795Ding,L2788½–½2023C65FIDE World Championship 20239.1
Ding,L2788Nepomniachtchi,I2795½–½2023A28FIDE World Championship 202310.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2795Ding,L2788½–½2023C84FIDE World Championship 202311.1
Ding,L2788Nepomniachtchi,I27951–02023D04FIDE World Championship 202312.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2795Ding,L2788½–½2023C84FIDE World Championship 202313.1
Ding,L2788Nepomniachtchi,I2795½–½2023E46FIDE World Championship 202314.1
Ding,L2788Nepomniachtchi,I2795½–½2023D02FIDE World Championship 202315.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2795Ding,L2788½–½2023C84FIDE World Championship 202315.2
Ding,L2788Nepomniachtchi,I2795½–½2023A14FIDE World Championship 202315.3
Nepomniachtchi,I2795Ding,L27880–12023C84FIDE World Championship 202315.4

Watch it live with Gukesh (!) and spectators assisting in expert analysis on ChessBase India

Commentary by Irina Krush and Daniil Dubov

Commentary by Fabiano Caruana, Robert Hess and Tania Sachdev

Expert analysis by IM Robert Ris - Video and annotated game

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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c3 3.Bf4 3.e3 3...c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Be3 Be7 6.g3 Nc6 6...0-0 0-1 (49) Rapport,R (2735)-Shankland,S (2731) Saint Louis 2019 7.Bg2 0-0 8.b4 Ng4 9.Bd4 Qc7 9...e5? 10.h3 exd4 11.hxg4 dxc3 12.b5!± 10.0-0 e5 11.h3 exd4 11...Nf6 12.Be3 12.hxg4 dxc3 13.Nxc3 13.b5 Bf6!? 14.bxc6 c2! 13...Nxb4 14.a3 Bf6 14...Nc6 15.Nxd5 15.Rc1 Bxc3 16.Rxc3 Nc6 17.Qxd5 Bxg4 18.Ng5 h6 18...Rad8? 19.Qe4 f5 20.Qc4+ Kh8 21.Ne6+- 18...Bxe2 19.Qe4+- 19.Ne4 Rae8 19...Bxe2 20.Re1 Bg4 21.Nd6 20.e3 Re5 21.Qd2 Rd8? 21...Bh3! 22.Bxh3 Rxe4 22.Nd6 Rh5 22...b6? 23.cxb6 Qxd6 24.Qxd6 Rxd6 25.b7 Rb5 26.Rxc6+- 23.Rb1? 23.Qc2± Ne5 24.f4+- 23...Ne5! 24.e4 24.Rxb7 Nf3+! 25.Bxf3 Bxf3 24.f4 Nf3+ 25.Bxf3 Bxf3-+ 24...b6! 25.cxb6 axb6! 25...Qxd6 26.Qxd6 Rxd6 27.bxa7 Ra6 28.Rb8+ Kh7 29.a8Q Rxa8 30.Rxa8+- 26.Nb5 26.Rxc7? Nf3+ 27.Bxf3 27.Kf1 Nxd2+ 28.Ke1 Nxb1-+ 27...Bxf3 26...Rxd2 27.Nxc7 Bh3 27...Nd3!? 28.Bxh3 Rxh3 29.Kg2 29.Rxb6? Rd1+ 30.Kg2 Rdh1-+ 29...Rh5 30.Rb5 Rd1 31.Nd5 Rdh1 32.Ne7+ Kh7 33.Rxe5 R1h2+ 33...Rxe5 34.Kxh1 Rxe7= 34.Kg1 Rh1+ 35.Kg2 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Ding,L2788Nepomniachtchi,I2795½–½2023D02WCh Rapid TB 20231.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2795Ding,L2788½–½2023C84WCh Rapid TB 20232.1
Ding,L2788Nepomniachtchi,I2795½–½2023A14WCh Rapid TB 20233.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2795Ding,L27880–12023C84WCh Rapid TB 20234.1

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