World Chess Championship

7 April - 1 May 2023
Astana ,Kazakhstan
14 games . The winner of the match shall be
the first player to score 7.5 points or more.
If the scores are level after 14 games,
4 tie-break are played.

Time controls: 120 minutes / 40 moves, 60 minutes for the next 20 moves and
then 15 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 61.

Tie-break: : If it's equal,Tie-breaks: 4-Rapid games : 25mn + 10 sec/move ;
If it's still equal, 2 Blitz games : 5mn + 3 sec/move then
more 2 Blitz games: 5mn + 3 sec/move

If tied again, single game 3 minutes for each player + 2 seconds increment per move,
The players cannot draw a game by agreement before
Black's 40th move.

Game	Nepo	Ding Liren	Opening	Aggregate Nepo - Liren
Tie-break Rapid Games
4	0	1	Ruy Lopez Closed	8.5 - 9.5
3	0.5	0.5	English Opening	8.5 - 8.5
2	0.5	0.5	Ruy Lopez Closed	8 - 8
1	0.5	0.5	Nimzo-Indian	7.5 - 7.5
Classical Games
14	0.5	0.5	Nimzo-Indian	7 - 7
13	0.5	0.5	Ruy Lopez Closed	6.5 - 6.5
12	0	1	Colle system	6 - 6
11	0.5	0.5	Ruy Lopez Closed	6 - 5
10	0.5	0.5	English opening - 4 Knights var.	5.5 - 4.5
9	0.5	0.5	Ruy Lopez - Berlin def.	5 - 4
8	0.5	0.5	Nimzo-Indian Samisch	4.5 - 3.5
7	1	0	French def. Tarrasch v.	4-3
6	0	1	London system	3-3
5	1	0	Ruy Lopez closed	3-2
4	0	1	English Op. 4 Knight var.	2-2
3	0.5	0.5	Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange var.	2-1
2	1	0	Queen's pawn game ( transpoesd QGA )	1.5 - 0.5
1	0.5	0.5	Ruy Lopez exchange deferred	0.5 - 0.5

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Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren

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