Nepomniachtchi leads the Candidates Tournament after the tenth round

MOSCOW, June 29 Madrid of the Candidates Tournament after the games of the tenth round. On Wednesday, Nepomniachtchi played a draw with the Azerbaijani Teimur Radjabov with white pieces. Krzysztof Duda (Poland) — Fabiano Caruana (USA) — 1-0; Hikaru Nakamura (USA) — Alireza Firouzja (France) — 1-0. Four rounds before the end of the tournament, Nepomniachtchi takes first place in the standings with 7 points out of 10 possible. Next come Caruana, Nakamura, Ding Liren (all — 5.5 points), Radjabov (4.5), Duda, Rapport, Firouzja (all — 4). The Candidates Tournament will last until July 5. Its winner will play a match for the world title with the reigning Norwegian title holder Magnus Carlsen. Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin has been suspended by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) for six months due to the publication of an open letter on social networks in support of the policy of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the special operation in Ukraine . His place was taken by Ding Liren.