After two matches, the score between Nepomniachtchi and Giri was equal, then the chess players drew twice. The first tie-break game also ended in a draw, and the second one turned out to be a grandmaster from the Netherlands.

In the final, which will be held from July 3 to 5, Giri will play with world champion Magnus Carlsen.

Chessable Masters prize pool is $ 150 thousand.

Grandmaster John Adams previously criticized attempts to find "racism" in chess.