Carlsen-Nepo 7: Magnus leads at halfway

Magnus Carlsen has a 4:3 lead going into the second half of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Dubai after carefully dealing with some mild pressure from Ian Nepomniachtchi in Game 7. Magnus said, "I couldn't really sleep yesterday — I was way too excited!" after his victory in Game 6, while he wasn't surprised that Nepo didn't come out all guns blazing to try and bounce back. "You don't want to tilt after a day like yesterday", he told Tania Sachdev.

Colin McGourty

December 4, 2021

Replay Game 7 of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Dubai (replay the games with computer analysis on the chess24 broadcast page).

[Event "Carlsen-Nepomniachtchi World Chess Championship"]  [Site "chess24.com"]  [Date "2021.12.03"]  [Round "6"]  [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2782)"]  [Black ")Carlsen, Magnus (2855)"]  [Result "4-3"]  [WhiteElo "2782"]  [BlackElo "2855"]  [Annotator "World Chess Championship LIVE"]  [SourceQuality "1"]   1d4 Nf6  2Nf3 d5  3g3 e6  4Bg2 Be7  5O-O O-O  6b3 c5  7dxc5 Bxc5  8c4 dxc4  9Qc2 Qe7  10Nbd2 Nc6  11Nxc4 b5  12Nce5 Nb4  13Qb2 Bb7  14a3 Nc6  15Nd3 Bb6  16Bg5 Rfd8  17Bxf6 gxf6  18Rac1 Nd4  19Nxd4 Bxd4  20Qa2 Bxg2  21Kxg2 Qb7+  22Kg1 Qe4  23Qc2 a5  24Rfd1 Kg7  25Rd2 Rac8  26Qxc8 Rxc8  27Rxc8 Qd5  28b4 a4  29e3 Be5  30h4 h5  31Kh2 Bb2  32Rc5 Qd6  33Rd1 Bxa3  34Rxb5 Qd7  35Rc5 e5  36Rc2 Qd5  37Rdd2 Qb3  38Ra2 e4  39Nc5 Qxb4  40Nxe4 Qb3  41Rac2 Bf8  42Nc5 Qb5  43Nd3 a3  44Nf4 Qa5  45Ra2 Bb4  46Rd3 Kh6  47Rd1 Qa4  48Rda1 Bd6  49Kg1 Qb3  50Ne2 Qd3  51Nd4 Kh7  52Kh2 Qe4  53Rxa3 Qxh4+  54Kg1 Qe4  55Ra4 Be5  56Ne2 Qc2  57R1a2 Qb3  58Kg2 Qd5+  59f3 Qd1  60f4 Bc7  61Kf2 Bb6  62Ra1 Qb3  63Re4 Kg7  64Re8 f5  65Raa8 Qb4  66Rac8 Ba5  67Rc1 Bb6  68Re5 Qb3  69Re8 Qd5  70Rcc8 Qh1  71Rc1 Qd5  72Rb1 Ba7  73Re7 Bc5  74Re5 Qd3  75Rb7 Qc2  76Rb5 Ba7  77Ra5 Bb6  78Rab5 Ba7  79Rxf5 Qd3  80Rxf7+ Kxf7  81Rb7+ Kg6  82Rxa7 Qd5  83Ra6+ Kh7  84Ra1 Kg6  85Nd4 Qb7  86Ra2 Qh1  87Ra6+ Kf7  88Nf3 Qb1  89Rd6 Kg7  90Rd5 Qa2+  91Rd2 Qb1  92Re2 Qb6  93Rc2 Qb1  94Nd4 Qh1  95Rc7+ Kf6  96Rc6+ Kf7  97Nf3 Qb1  98Ng5+ Kg7  99Ne6+ Kf7  100Nd4 Qh1  101Rc7+ Kf6  102Nf3 Qb1  103Rd7 Qb2+  104Rd2 Qb1  105Ng1 Qb4  106Rd1 Qb3  107Rd6+ Kg7  108Rd4 Qb2+  109Ne2 Qb1  110e4 Qh1  111Rd7+ Kg8  112Rd4 Qh2+  113Ke3 h4  114gxh4 Qh3+  115Kd2 Qxh4  116Rd3 Kf8  117Rf3 Qd8+  118Ke3 Qa5  119Kf2 Qa7+  120Re3 Qd7  121Ng3 Qd2+  122Kf3 Qd1+  123Re2 Qb3+  124Kg2 Qb7  125Rd2 Qb3  126Rd5 Ke7  127Re5+ Kf7  128Rf5+ Ke8  129e5 Qa2+  130Kh3 Qe6  131Kh4 Qh6+  132Nh5 Qh7  133e6 Qg6  134Rf7 Kd8  135f5 Qg1  136Ng7 ...

Replay the day’s live commentary and press conference with Judit Polgar and Anish Giri.

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