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2021 match · Game 10

World Chess Championship 2021, game 10: Petrov's Defense: Karklins-Martinovsky Variation

Moves from the Lichess broadcast

Game 10 drawn in 41 moves; Carlsen leads 6.5–3.5

The game

  • Match: 2021 World Championship match (Magnus Carlsen – Ian Nepomniachtchi), Dubai
  • Date: 8 December 2021
  • White: Magnus Carlsen · Black: Ian Nepomniachtchi
  • Result: ½–½ (Draw)
  • Opening: Petrov's Defense: Karklins-Martinovsky Variation (C42)
  • Length: 41 moves
  • Time control: each player 120 min for 40 moves, then 60 min for 20 moves, then 15 min for the rest of the game, plus 30 s a move from move 61
  • Classical games, score after game 10: Magnus Carlsen 6.5–3.5 Ian Nepomniachtchi

Magnus Carlsen (White) and Ian Nepomniachtchi played game 10 of the 2021 World Championship match in Dubai on 8 December 2021.

The game opened 1.e4 e5: the Petrov's Defense: Karklins-Martinovsky Variation (C42).

The game was drawn after 41 moves.

After 10 games, Magnus Carlsen led 6.5–3.5.

Game data: Lichess broadcasts · CC BY-SA 4.0

Replay the moves

After 41.Ke3 · ½–½

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Game data: Lichess broadcasts · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Game data: Lichess broadcast database (files of the match month), licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes by Chess Opening Scores: we picked the games of the match by both players' FIDE ids, the broadcast name and the match dates, drew the board with our own code, wrote the report from the game data with fixed sentences, counted the score from the finished games and added the opening name and ECO code from the free Lichess opening list and, where this game reached one of our opening pages, club statistics. The sections marked "Game data: Lichess broadcasts" are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Opening names: lichess-org/chess-openings (CC0), matched by position.

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