World Chess Championship 2023 Round 2 As It Happened: Ian Nepomniachtchi with black beats Ding Liren to take lead
Playing with black, Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi crushed Chi

Playing with black, Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi crushed Chinese GM Ding Liren in 29 moves in Game 2 of the 2023 World Chess Championship. Ding was in time trouble and on the board and finally resigned. The first game had ended in a draw. In the first game yesterday Nepomniachtchi used a sideline of the Ruy Lopez opening to put Ding under time pressure before the Chinese GM managed to neutralise white’s advantage. Today Ding opened on the d-file
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