Ian Nepomniachtchi Maintains Leadership at FIDE Candidates Tournament
The first part is over in Madrid.
The seventh round of the FIDE Candidates Tournament has been completed in Madrid. In the Rapport - Nepomniachtchi game, the Hungarian grandmaster had declined from a move repetition in the opening, but then White's position turned out to be rather dubious. The Russian grandmaster achieved a considerable advantage and eventually won the game. Fabiano Caruana outplayed Teimour Radjabov as White. The games Duda - Nakamura and Ding - Firouzja were drawn.
Standings after Round 7:
1. Ian Nepomniachtchi - 5.5
2. Fabiano Caruana - 5
3. Hikaru Nakamura - 3.5
4-6. Ding Liren, Richard Rapport, Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 3
7-8. Teimour Radjabov, Alireza Firouzja - 2,5.
Round 8 pairings:
Rapport - Duda, Nepomniachtchi - Ding, Nakamura - Caruana, Firouzja - Radjabov.
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