The grandmaster from Russia in the 12th round played a draw with the American Hikaru Nakamura.
The match lasted ten minutes.
The Russian played with white pieces.
The game ended on the 14th move.
Now it is enough for Nepomniachtchi to score 0.5 points to win the tournament.
The winner of the Candidates Tournament will get the right to play against the reigning world champion Norwegian Magnus Carlsen in the match for the world chess crown.
The next opponent of Nepomniachtchi will be the Hungarian Richard Rapport.
Earlier, Nepomniachtchi and Azerbaijani Teimour Radjabov failed to determine the winner in the match of the tenth round of the Candidates Chess Tournament in Madrid.