Africa-Press – Rwanda. Game six of the FIDE World Championship match on Sunday, April 16, ended with a convincing victory of Ding Liren who made another comeback to beat Ian Nepomniachtchi, to even the score to 3:3.
Ding won with white pieces.
In a game which opened in the London System, Ding successfully prevented Nepomniachtchi from advancing on the queenside and getting some play.
While there was material equality on the board and a seemingly ‘normal’ position, the power and the chances were all on the side of White who eventually forced Black to resign on move 44 and four hours of play.
Nepomniachtchi and Ding have now taken turns to bounce back. Nepomniachtchi won Round 5 convincingly and Round 2, whereas Ding had won Round 4, with the remaining two games ending in draws. After six games, both sides are even, with two victories each and two draws.
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At the end, in the post-game interview, Nepomniachtchi was frank, and critical, about his play.
“I played one of my worst games ever. Nearly every move was bad,” he said.
The FIDE World Championship match between Ding and Nepomniachtchi has already produced four decisive results in just the first six games.
This was last seen in the Korchnoi-Karpov match of 1981 and the legendary 1972 match between Spassky and Fischer.
Ding and Nepomniachtchi are setting the stage for an unpredictable and exciting fight not seen for a long time in a chess match.
Monday will be the rest day as game seven is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, April 18, at 3 PM local time in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Ian Nepomniachtchi in the press conference after game 6 on Sunday, April 16, 2023.
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