Ian Nepomniachtchi⚪️ - ⚫️Magnus Carlsen, Game 5: ½-½ (total: Carlsen 2½-2½ Nepomniachtchi)

World Chess Championship 2021| Game 5

The December 2021 rating list is out. The big story is Alireza Firouzja's jump from 2770 to 2804 (+34), thanks to his Grand Swiss victory and European Team Championship exploits, making him world #2 and the youngest player ever to cross 2800.

December FIDE Ratings: Firouzja No. 2, Aronian U.S., Nakamura Off The List

https://www.chess.com/news/view/december-2021-fide-ratings-firouzja-aronian-nakamura

Magnus Carlsen after a 5th draw to start the match: "I think there is some magical cut-off point where draws instead of just being normal become a problem, but I don’t think we’ve crossed the Rubicon yet!"

Game 5 report: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-nepo-5-tension-rises-with-5th-draw

Thanks for all the birthday messages yesterday. I will make sure to read them all when the match is over. For tonight, I’m just gonna enjoy the cake.

🔗 Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen)

Jonathan Penrose, who has died aged 88, won the British chess championship a record 10 times, and in 1960 was the first English player for 61 years to defeat a reigning world champion

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/02/jonathan-penrose-obituary

This was the same match in which Jonathan Penrose famously defeated World Champion Mikhail Tal, on Board 1.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

RIP Jonathan Penrose, who has died aged 88.
The 10-time British Champion famously beat reigning world champion Mikhail Tal at the 1960 Leipzig Olympiad.

"I used to attack because it was the only thing I knew. Now I attack because I know it works best."

🔸 Garry Kasparov

@UnityChessClub

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV):
Not every day you gonna see a photo like this. From left to right Korchnoi, Geller, Smyslov and Spassky. David Llada would sure love to travel back in time and take photos of these legends.
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🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada):
I would surely do!

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Nepomniachtchi - Tang, Titled Tuesday 2020
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Solution explained by Daniel King
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136 moves, almost 8 hours of play, and we have the first decisive game of the match.

Magnus Carlsen wins Game 6 and is now leading by one point 3½-2½.

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