Ding Liren's First Success at FIDE Candidates Tournament

The capital city of the Urals staged Round 3 games of the FIDE Candidates Tournament on March 19. Following an underwhelming start, GM Ding Liren of China has scored his first victory. Giri – Vachier-Lagrave, Grischuk – Wang Hao, and Alekseenko – Nepomniachtchi have ended in a draw.   Ding Liren (China) – Fabiano Caruana (USA) 1-0 The game opened with a sharp line of the Slav Defence, in which White did not castle but moved his king to f2. On move 9, Caruana uncorked a poisonous novelty i

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