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2023 match · Game 10

World Chess Championship 2023, game 10: English Opening: Four Knights System, Nimzowitsch Variation

With club results by Lichess rating

Game 10 drawn in 45 moves; Nepomniachtchi leads 5.5–4.5

The game

  • Match: 2023 World Championship match (Ian Nepomniachtchi – Ding Liren), Astana
  • Date: 23 April 2023
  • White: Ding Liren · Black: Ian Nepomniachtchi
  • Result: ½–½ (Draw)
  • Opening: English Opening: Four Knights System, Nimzowitsch Variation (A28)
  • Length: 45 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: Ian Nepomniachtchi 5.5–4.5 Ding Liren

Ding Liren (White) and Ian Nepomniachtchi played game 10 of the 2023 World Championship match in Astana on 23 April 2023.

The game opened 1.c4 Nf6: the English Opening: Four Knights System, Nimzowitsch Variation (A28).

The game was drawn after 45 moves.

After 10 games, Ian Nepomniachtchi led 5.5–4.5.

Club comparison: from the English Opening position, White scores 53.5% at Lichess rating 1500–1799 (3,932 games, Sep 2026 sample).

Game data: Lichess broadcasts · CC BY-SA 4.0

Replay the moves

After 45...Kxh5 · ½–½

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Game data: Lichess broadcasts · CC BY-SA 4.0

How club players score with this opening

This game reached the position of our English Opening page (1.c4). White's score from that position (wins plus half the draws, divided by games) in rated Lichess games from the Sep 2026 sample, at every Lichess rating level:

  • Under 1200White scores 52.3%

    941 club games · White 52.3% · Black 47.7%

  • 1200–1499White scores 53.3%

    2,182 club games · White 53.3% · Black 46.7%

  • 1500–1799White scores 53.5%

    3,932 club games · White 53.5% · Black 46.5%

  • 1800–2099White scores 53.0%

    4,212 club games · White 53.0% · Black 47.0%

  • 2100+White scores 53.8%

    2,742 club games · White 53.8% · Black 46.2%

Club numbers: Lichess open database (CC0). Lichess ratings, not FIDE ratings. Observed results only: they say what happened in these games, not why.

Game data: Lichess broadcasts · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources and credits

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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