World Chess Championship game 2 - a fighting draw - 2
The FIDE World Chess Championship Match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi is tied at 1-1 after the first two games were drawn. In spite of these draws the early games promise a very interesting match which will be settled over the board not by the huge amount of opening preparation both sides have clearly done.
Carlsen had white in game two and a Catalan appeared on the board. It seemed at first that Carlsen had won the opening battle. Nepomniachtchi's 7... b5 was met by 8. Ne5... Читать дальше...