The world chess championship may be decided by a freeze and a fake-out. The unexpectedly compelling 14-game title match in Astana, Kazakhstan, between Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi and Chinese GM Ding Liren is entering the home stretch.
The world chess championship may be decided by a freeze and a fake-out.
Should he come up short, however, he will surely rue a couple of body blows he suffered midmatch, a sign of the nerves and psychological pressure players must deal with at every stage in such top-level matches. Both players have shown excellent fighting spirit in the match, and Ding in Game 8 came out swinging in a trendy Nimzo-Indian line — 9. Ra2!? is the hot new way to play the position — which put Black back on his heels positionally.
But bluffing isn’t just for poker — with White dominating after 30. Qh2+ Kg7 31. Qc7 , Black uncorks the unexpected 31…Qh4!!?. This feint, abandoning the rook for some dangerous-looking checks, should lose, but White gets a clear, stress-free edge on 31…Qf8 32. Qxa7 Qe7 33. Qxb6; now Ding must take risks with time pressure losing if he wants the win he has earned.
Longtime silicon bully Stockfish and challenger Leela Chess Zero are battling it out in the Top Chess Engine Championship. Through 80 games so far, Stockfish, a 13-time winner of the event, clings to a narrow 42-38 lead. Stockfish’s mad-genius sacrificial win over LcO’s Pirc Defense belies the old stereotype that the engines are too materialistic to play Romantic, swashbuckling chess.
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