Saeed Hareb kicked off the fourth round of the Chess World Cup
Expo.. on his 31st birthday.. Norwegian world champion Carlsen is satisfied with a draw with Nepomniacchi
Saeed Hareb during the fourth round kickoff launch of the World Chess Singles Championships.
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The Secretary-General of the Dubai Sports Council, Saeed Hareb, kicked off the fourth round of the Individual World Chess Championship, currently taking place at Expo 2020 Dubai, and the Norwegian title holder, Magnus Carlsen, and his Russian challenger, Ian Nepomniacchi, gathered.
The fourth round of the World Championship, which coincided with the 31st birthday of the Norwegian world champion, Magnus Carlsen, resulted in a fourth straight draw, in the fastest match between them in the Dubai Championship, which lasted only two and a half hours, to raise both players their score to two points.
The Individual World Chess Championship, which started last Friday, will continue until December 16, and will be held over 14 rounds, with a total prize money of two million euros.
In the fourth round, Nepomniacchi tried to surprise Carlsen by adopting the method of Bulgarian "Petrov", coach and former professional chess player for the years 2002 and 2017, when the Bulgarian won the same offensive style, many open tournaments around the world, which is based on simplicity in the key to the perfect implementation of the movement of the boards in Proven and tested lines allow control of the game.
From the beginning of the match, it was clear that the Russian Ian Nepomniacchi was determined, at least in the first stage, to test an unusually calm defensive system, but his hopes soon dashed, after world champion Carlsen began to adopt the same method, which opened the door for players to exchange control over The stones of the other, and eventually led them out tied in a repetition of the scenario of the past three rounds, adding half a point to their balance, and the continuation of the state of tie in the total with two points.
World champion Carlsen expressed his dissatisfaction with the continuation of the tie, and said in a press statement: “I was previously subjected to the same pressures in 2016 and 2018, to remain in a draw for a long time, especially since the possibility of making a mistake is very high, as is the case today. Sometimes you have to put pressure on your opponent, surprise your opponent at times that are favorable to you and put you safe on the board.”
He explained, "I was really thirsty for a win, and I took the time to find an attempt to enable me to achieve this, but things did not go as well, and I think it is a natural result with the fourth round ending in a tie, because I am facing a difficult opponent who aspires to the title of world champion."