The head of the Russian Chess Championship - on the results of the World Chess Championship: Nepomniachtchi was in good shape

“The World Championship showed that Ian Nepomniachtchi was in good shape, brilliantly ready.

And his performance suggests that his failure in the match for the world chess crown with Magnus Carlsen was a purely psycho-emotional problem, "Filatova quotes TASS.

In his opinion, the tournament was bright and interesting.

The victory of the 17-year-old chess player from Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the rapid discipline became the decoration of the competition.

Filatov called this achievement unique.

“Alexandra Kosteniuk won silver in blitz - well done, we are proud of her.

We hope that next year she will perform even better, ”concluded the President of the Russian Federation.

Nepomniachtchi took second place in the rapid tournament and 25th in blitz.

Earlier it was reported that Russian grandmaster Daniil Dubov took fourth place at the 2021 World Rapid Chess Championship in the blitz discipline in Warsaw.