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World Chess Championship 2021 (3)
Comfortable hold for Carlsen with black in game 3 of the World Chess Championship
Mark Crowther - Sunday 28th November 2021
Ian Nepomniachtchi at the board during game 3. Photo © | https://fide.com
The FIDE World Chess Championship reached it's first rest day on Monday all square at 1.5 points each after three games. Magnus Carlsen looked very comfortable in defending the Ruy Lopez Anti-Marshall. It's been assumed in commentary that he's prepared the Marshall but it hasn't been allowed yet so we don't know for certain. Carlsen admitted to playing some "ugly" moves but at no point did he seem under pressure. Ian Nepomniachtchi chose 8.a4 rather than the 8.h3 in game one but he didn't achieve very much. Nepomniachtchi thought he might be getting somewhere but his long think after Carlsen's 20...Be6 produced only the move 21.h3 which after 21...c6 22.Bc2 d5 led to complete equality. Carlsen also made the rest of the game look ridiculously easy as he raced to a setup with his King on e5 and pawn on f4 that killed any prospects of a decisive result.
There is now a rest day on Monday and we'll see if Carlsen can find an advantage with white on Tuesday.
| WCh 2021 Dubai UAE Fri 26th Nov 2021 - Thu 16th Dec 2021
Leading Round 3 (of 14) Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pts |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2855 | = | = | = | 1.5 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | GM | RUS | 2782 | = | = | = | 1.5 | |||||||||||
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