It’s been a dream start for Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in his scheduled 14-game FIDE world championship match against China’s Ding Liren. The two began play Sunday in Astana, Kazakhstan, for the vacated world chess title long held by Norwegian world No. 1 GM Magnus Carlsen.
With Ding himself admitting he felt unsure and distracted in his first trip to the game’s largest stage, “Nepo” had much the better play in the match’s first game Sunday before conceding a draw, then grabbed the lead with a smashing TKO with the Black pieces in Game 2 on Monday.
White’s 15. Bd2? makes things worse, as with 15. Be3 0-0-0?! 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. Bd3, Ding has the threat of 18. Nd2 with some legitimate counterplay. And 18. Re1? again occupies the right square with the wrong piece, leaving White open to a devastating counter: 18 … f5! 19. Bc2 Nc6 20. Bg5 Rxg5!, an exchange sac that practically plays itself. After 21. Nxg5 Nxd4 22. Qh5 f6 23. Nf3 Nxc2 24. Rxc2 Bxe4, a second White pawn falls and Nepo’s bishops are about to run wild.
FMs Jason Wang of Mason, Ohio, and Sharvesh Deviprasath of Coppell, Texas, shared individual honors in the Open section, but North Virginia’s Chance Nguyen put on a show by sharing the title in the Under-1900 section at 6-1 while leading her Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology to the Under-1900 team title as well.
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