Article 5SHSM Magnus Carlsen v Ian Nepomniachtchi: World Chess Championship Game 5 – live!

Magnus Carlsen v Ian Nepomniachtchi: World Chess Championship Game 5 – live!

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Bryan Armen Graham
from World news | The Guardian on (#5SHSM)

Carlsen plays 13. ... d5, which appears to be the first new move of the game. Nepomniachtchi responds quickly with 14. Nbd2 followed by an exchange of e-pawns (14. ... dxe4 15. dxe4). The challenger, who's yet to spend more than a half-minute on any of his moves, is already more than 20 minutes ahead on the clock.

Carlsen releases the tension after (11. ... b4 12. d3 bxc3 13. bxc3). Nepomniachtchi has spent less than a half-minute on each of his moves so far. Carlsen has spent more than three minutes on each of his last two and has been inspecting this position for more than five minutes.

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