MOSCOW, June 23 Oleg Bogatov. The game against American Hikaru Nakamura that ended in a difficult fight for the Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi may be more important than the two victories won earlier in the Candidates Tournament held in Madrid, grandmaster Alexander Grischuk said. in the first and fourth rounds, the chess player defeated the Chinese Ding Liren and the French representative Alireza Firouzja. The Russian scored 3.5 points out of five and kept the lead. The tournament will end on July 5, with the winner playing for the world title against reigning title holder Norwegian Magnus Carlsen. at least not inferior to Carlsen. But his problem is that about once every five games he plays a duel that is not at the grandmaster level. And the fact that he managed to slip this game, which was not played in the best way, is extremely important for him. ? You know, this has been happening to Jan throughout his career and it's pointless to try to find some reason,» said Grischuk. «Jan really played terrible yesterday. moves before playing the knight to d4. And blundered that after that Yang could move the queen to f6. And although White still had a significant advantage, Hikaru, apparently, could not control himself, and the game in five hos Dov ended in a draw,» the grandmaster added.
