c4, which was played in the second game of the match.Ħ. b3 White's point is to side-step the main line with 6. g3 With this move order, White aims for a Catalan-like setup, except the move c4 is delayed.ģ. White: Magnus Carlsen Black: Ian Nepomniachtchi Tournament: World Chess Championship 2021 Opening: Queen's Pawn Game, Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan ( ECO D02)ġ. This section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Early in the match, some commentators thought that both players were too good to lose a game. The first five games of the match all ended in draws. For the first time, Carlsen was challenged for the title by a player with a positive head-to-head record in classical games against him (4–1 with eight draws) before the start of the match. Main article: World Chess Championship 2021īy winning the Candidates Tournament 2020–21, Ian Nepomniachtchi earned the right to challenge the defending world champion Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2021, which was held during Expo 2020 at Dubai Exhibition Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, between 24 November and 10 December 2021. After it, Nepomniachtchi's play declined significantly from being on a par with Carlsen to highly error-prone, with Carlsen ultimately retaining his title by 7½–3½. The game proved to be the turning point in the match. The game was widely praised, with chess players and commentators describing it as "epic" and an "all-time classic". It was the first classical game in a World Chess Championship in more than five years that did not end in a draw after Magnus Carlsen won the tenth game of the World Chess Championship 2016 against Sergey Karjakin to level the score, there was the longest-ever streak of 19 draws in consecutive World Chess Championship classical games (games 11–12 in 2016, games 1–12 in 2018, games 1–5 in 2021). The game was played in 7 hours and 45 minutes, finishing after midnight local time, to take Carlsen to a 3½–2½ lead in the best-of-14-game match. On 3 December 2021, the defending world champion Magnus Carlsen (as White) defeated the challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi in the sixth game of the World Chess Championship 2021 in 136 moves, which made it the longest game in the history of the World Chess Championship. From here, White's king can proceed towards g8, where it is protected from further queen harassment. The final position in which Nepomniachtchi (Black) resigned after Carlsen (White) played 136.
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