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 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