The final day of the World Chess Championship was always going to be a nervy affair, but few could have predicted just how tense the battle would be.
After the classical section of the tournament ended 7-7 after 14 games, the championship between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren went to tiebreaks. In the fourth and final rapid tiebreak game Sunday in Kazakhstan, it was Ding who was victorious, winning the rapid tiebreak by 2.5 points to 1.5 to become China’s first world chess champion in the open category.
Ding’s victory ends the reign of five-time champion Magnus Carlsen, who had decided not to defend his title. In fact, the world No. 3 was only in the championship because Carlsen had said last July he would not compete in the the World Championship, which put Ding, runner-up in the Candidates tournament – an event which determines who challenges the reigning world champion – in line for a world title shot.
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