Nepomniachtchi holds Game 10 draw to close on title
Ian Nepomniachtchi leads 5.5:4.5 with just four games of the 2023 FIDE World Championship match to go after Ding Liren was unable to convert an extra pawn into a win in Game 10. Ding in fact did well to reach that superior endgame, since he confessed that Ian’s 9th move had come as a “total surprise”. In the end the players played on until bare kings on move 45.