Russian chess player Ian Nepomniachtchi was defeated in the ninth game of the World Championship (World Championship) match in Dubai. The correspondent of “Lenta.ru” informs about it.
The Russian lost to the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen. Nepomniachtchi played with white pieces. Now the score after nine games is 6: 3 in favor of the Norwegian grandmaster.
Nepomniachtchi suffers a second defeat in a row in the confrontation with Carlsen. Earlier it became known that the porn actress MihaNika69 turned to the Russian, promising to “become his queen for the night” in case of success in the match with Carlsen.
The match consists of 14 classical chess games. If, based on their results, the winner is not determined, the chess players play a tie-break. To win the title, an athlete needs to score 7.5 points. A draw is estimated at 0.5 points, and a victory is estimated at one point.
Nepomniachtchi plays for the world title for the first time in his career. Carlsen is the current holder of the world chess crown.
