MOSCOW, June 17 Russian chess player Ian Nepomniachtchi beat China's Ding Liren in the game of the first round of the Candidates Tournament in Madrid. The game in which Nepomniachtchi played black pieces ended after the 32nd move. The results of the remaining games of the round: Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) — Richard Rapport (Hungary) — a draw; Fabiano Caruana (USA) — Hikaru Nakamura (USA) — 1-0; Teimour Rajabov (Azerbaijan) — Alireza Firouzja (France) — draw. Ding Liren replaced Russian Sergey Karyakin in the Candidates Tournament, who was suspended for six months by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) for six months due to the publication of an open letter in social networks in support of the policy of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and special operations in Ukraine.
