2021 World Chess Championship Begins With Game 1 Draw
The 2021 World Chess Championship began on November 26 with a draw between reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen and his challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi. Nepomniachtchi got the White pieces in his first ever World Chess Championship game as fans speculated what move he would open the match with.
Before getting into the game, I would like to give credit to the many commentary teams covering this match. Some of the commentators that I took inspiration from for my analysis include GMs Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Anish Giri, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Judit Polgar, and more.
Without further ado, here is the game with my analysis:
What do you think will happen in Game 2? Let me know in the comments.
