Nepomniachtchi lost the sixth game of the match for the chess crown to Carlsen

by time news

Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi lost to Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the sixth game of the match for the world chess crown. The Norwegian leads with a score of 3.5: 2.5. The Russian played with black pieces.

Nepomniachtchi resigned on move 136. The chess players have broken the record of matches for the world crown in the number of moves. The last record was set in 1978 in the match Anatoly Karpov – Viktor Korchnoi (124 moves).

Five previous games of the match were drawn. The seventh game will take place on December 4th. The match for the world crown consists of 14 games. The prize fund is € 2 million.

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