Nepomniachtchi tied with Mamedyarov on the Grand Chess Tour

MOSCOW, September 10 Russian grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi played a draw with Azerbaijani Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in the seventh round of the fifth stage of the Grand Chess Tour, which takes place in St. Louis (USA). ended after the 34th move.Results of the other games of the day:Fabiano Caruana (USA) — Levon Aronian — draw;Hans Niemann (USA) — Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) — draw;The next round will take place in Saturday, Nepomniachtchi will play Aronian with Black. The final stage of the Grand Chess Tour takes place in the United States from September 1 to September 11. Nepomniachtchi won the Candidates Tournament in Madrid in early July and won the right to play against Carlsen again for the world crown in 2023. However, the Norwegian refused to play a match for the world title. Now Nepomniachtchi must face the Chinese Ding Liren, who came second in the Candidates Tournament.