PARIS: Ding Liren became China's first world chess champion on Sunday after a rapid-play tie-break victory over Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi in Kazakhstan.
Ding, 30, takes over as winner of the World Chess Championship from Norway's Magnus Carlsen, who chose not to defend his title after a 10-year reign.He and Nepomniachtchi had finished on seven points each after the 14 first-stage games played in the Kazakh capital, Astana.Each had won three, with the other eight ending in draws.For the tie-break stage of the match, also in Astana, the contenders had only 25 minutes to make their moves, plus an additional 10 seconds for each move played.
Although Nepomniachtchi pushed hard to convert a slight advantage into a win, he finally had to settle for a draw in what was the longest game of the tournament: 90 moves played over more than six and a half hours.Sunday's action followed a similar trend, with the games likely to be most remembered for their dramatic circumstances rather than the quality of play.Nepomniachtchi appeared to acknowledge this in his comments after the match.
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