Quiet Draw in 2021 World Chess Championship Game 3
On November 28, Game 3 of the 2021 World Chess Championship was played between World Champion Magnus Carlsen and World Championship Challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi. Compared to yesterday's fireworks, today's game was quiet, ending in a draw after 41 moves and around 2.5 hours of play, leaving the overall match score at 1.5-1.5 with three draws out of three games. The first 7 moves were following Game 1 with the same variation of the Ruy Lopez. Nepomniachtchi was the one to switch things up, playing 8.a4 instead of 8.h3 which was featured in Game 1. Carlsen quickly equalized with Black and the game petered out to a draw. Here is my analysis of the game.
After tomorrow's rest day, the match will continue with Game 4 where Carlsen will have the white pieces. So far, Carlsen has had success playing the variation of the Ruy Lopez that he chose in Games 1 and 3 so I expect him to continue playing it in his Black games, while I expect him to switch things up with the White pieces. What do you expect in terms of openings for the rest of the match?
