Ding Li was defeated by the host player nippomniac, who continued to expand his advantage in the standings, Wang haoxiao and French chess player vaschel.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 24 (reporter Zheng Zhi Lu Yuchen) China Chess Association reported that the sixth round of competition for candidates in the World Chess Championship 2020 competition ended on the 23rd local time in Yekaterinburg, Russia, ding Li was defeated by the host player nippomniac, who continued to expand his advantage in the standings, Wang haoxiao and French chess player vaschel.
Nebo has just defeated Wang Hao in the last round, and this round is Zhibai against Ding Li. The two men opened the battle in the beginning of Spain. The game was once smoothly advanced, but Ding Li made mistakes one after another in the middle stage, and finally fell into the minority’s final defeat. This is the third defeat of Ding Liren in this competition after two consecutive defeats.
The confrontation between Wang Hao and vaschell was carried out in the Greenfield defense. Wang Hao once dominated the situation but was tenaciously guarded by his opponents after 83 rounds.
The Dutch chess player Jili fought 98 rounds in the match against the host newcomer Alexei Yanko, gaining his first victory in the candidate competition, after the game, he said bluntly that “his heartbeat has never been so strong” when the other side threw in the defeat. Another host chess player, grisek, fought against the American famous general Caruana.
The former world chess team and the international chess league treasurer Zhuge quoted the old chess king Karpov as saying, “Nebo is the best and most stable player of all chess players since the candidate competition.” After this round, nebbo led by 4.5 points, leading vaschel by 1 point. Karuana, Jili, Wang Hao and grishike had 3 points, while Ding Li and Alexei Yanko had 2 points.
Nebo said after the game that he would not care about the highlights of the game, but only the results of the chess game. Eight players in the candidate competition will have a total of 14 rounds of double-cycle competition. Judging from the current situation, he may be the candidate who has the most chance to challenge the current chess king Carlson.
The 24th will be the second rest day of the competition. In the seventh round of the 25th, Caruana against Wang Hao, Ding Li against Alexei Yanko, Vasel against Nebo, and Gili against grishook.