Ding freezes in chess world title battle as Nepomniachtchi regains lead
Ding Liren runs out of time to hand initiative to opponentNepomniachtchi leads 4-3 in best-of-14 world title matchThe seventh game of the chess world championship took an unexpectedly dramatic turn when China’s Ding Liren froze under time pressure and lost to Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi from a potentially winning position on Tuesday.Ding had the initiative with the black pieces but found himself with less than three minutes to make nine moves and reach move 40 when 60 minutes are added to the players’ clocks. Continue reading…
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