He will be able to challenge Magnus Carlsen again in 2023. With impressive mastery, the Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi easily won the Madrid Candidates tournament which took place from June 16 to July 4 in Madrid.
With five wins and nine draws, "Nepo", who will celebrate his 32nd birthday on July 14, dominated his seven opponents without trembling to win the most prestigious event in chess for the second time in a row, apart from the world championship match. .
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Only one question now arises, will the Norwegian super grandmaster agree to cross swords again in April 2023 with the one he beat soundly last December on the score of 4 to 0 (not counting the draws ).
Because, just after his fifth match in eight years for the supreme title, the unbeatable Thor of chess had, via twitter, expressed his weariness of playing these exhausting mano a mano for the nervous system.
If he refused to play against the whimsical and talented…
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