Dinh Lap Nhan equalized Nepomniachtchi in the world final

Dinh took the white piece in game four, creating a slight advantage in the opening with a good pair in the center. Nepomniachtchi held up well until a fatal mistake in country 28...Nd4. The Chinese player immediately tried, exchanged the car for the code d4. He did all he could to get the blank code to cell f5. Former chess king Garry Kasparov once said, the white code standing at f5 is increased by one point.

At this time, the white pieces are all mobile and have the advantage of space. On the contrary, the black pieces are passive, for example, the two vehicles must stand to prevent the white pawn from falling, while the black queen is locked on the king's side. The black pawn also cannot push to c6 to destroy the white pawn structure, because the code will catch the black rook at e7 and then push the pawn down to d6. Nepomniachtchi almost fell into a "zugzwang" state, where every move could make the situation worse.

"This position is like a show match where a master is playing against a bunch of players at the same time," commented world number six player Anish Giri. "I couldn't believe this position would appear in a world final."

The Russian player still tried to hit move 47 to wait for Dinh to make a mistake, but that didn't happen so he had to surrender. Through four games, there are two results of winning, losing, and both appear when Dinh is holding white. "The final is starting to get interesting," Grandmaster Erwin l'Ami commented.

In the post-match interview, Dinh laughed, saying that he was gradually getting used to the hotel, the game room and the atmosphere of a final. And Nepomniachtchi admitted he missed the opponent's experimental water. The match still has 10 games to go, and the winning and losing results may continue to emerge. "I think Dinh has an 80% chance of winning the game after this game," said Giri.

The 2023 World Chess Final will take place from April 9 to April 30 in Astana, Kazakhstan, with 14 standard games. Due to Magnus Carlsen's resignation as Chess King, Dinh was promoted to challenge Nepomniachtchi. Each player has 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, an additional 60 minutes for the next 20 moves, and an additional 15 minutes for the rest of the game. From move 61, each player will have 30 extra seconds after each move. Two players play 14 games, but whoever reaches 7.5 points first wins.