MOSCOW, July 3 Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called the victory great chess player Ian Nepomniachtchi at the Candidates Tournament in Madrid. On Sunday, Nepomniachtchi won the Candidates Tournament in Madrid ahead of schedule and will compete for the world chess crown for the second time in a row with the current champion Norwegian Magnus Carlsen. «Ian Nepomniachtchi took first place. This means that in a year he will to play in a chess championship match with Magnus Carlsen. This is an absolutely magnificent victory. We will see how the situation in the chess world develops further,» said Peskov, who is the chairman of the board of trustees of the Russian Chess Federation. Filatov said that in the history of chess only four people have won the Candidates Tournament twice — Vasily Smyslov, Boris Spassky, Viswanathan Anand, Viktor Korchnoi, and here is Jan became fifth. Smyslov and Spassky then became world champions.
