Hikaru Nakamura recaps his R5 game from the FIDE Candidates Tournament against Ian Nepomniachtchi. Nakamura had a clearly better position but lost the advantage after an inaccurate 28.Na5? and the game ended in a draw. Nakamura named the R5 game: “I am disgusted”, but he also emphasized he is satisfied with the current result of 2.5 points (1 loss, 1 victory, 3 draws).
Replay R5 games: Fabiano Caruana – Richard Rapport / Teimour Radjabov – Ding Liren / Alireza Firouzja – Jan-Krzysztof Duda / Hikaru Nakamura – Ian Nepomniachtchi
Daily Candidates recaps: Ian Nepomniachtchi grabs the sole lead in FIDE Candidates 2022 / Giri’s R3 Candidates recap /Live with GM Judit Polgar and GM Jan Gustafsson
More on the Candidates: Ding Liren and Fabiano Caruana celebrate 20 years of chess battles / Nakamura unhappy with the security procedures at the FIDE Candidates Tournament / Nakamura: FIDE wants us all to look like it’s 1970’s at the IBM headquarters / FIDE Candidates R3 Recap – Calm before the storm?!
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