In the end, realpolitik triumphed. Anish Giri fell apart against Alexander Igorevich Grischuk, while Ian Alexandrovich Nepomniachtchi, by virtue of a draw with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, entitled himself — with a round to spare — as Magnus Carlsen’s challenger for the World Championship match. And then all they have to do is to live happily ever after, especially because just today
FIDE President Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich announced that PJSC Gazprom will fund the most of the world’s mass events for the triennium 2021-2023. And so good luck to the newly challenger! Photo © Lennart Ootes. |
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