No breakthrough yet at the World chess championship
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Carlsen and Nepo draw Game 3 in 41 moves
A day after a cracker of a contest, challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi and champion Magnus Carlsen were involved in a quick 41-move draw, in under three hours, in the third round of their World chess championship clash in Dubai on Sunday.
Going into Monday’s rest day, the players were locked 1.5-1.5 after three rounds. The first player to reach 7.5 points in this 14-game contest will win the title.
The third game, that followed the opening lines of Ruy Lopez seen in the first game on Friday, was evenly fought. A series of exchanges followed and the battle reached an endgame where the players had a bishop and five pawns each. The equal game was drawn after a three-fold repetition of moves.
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