The United Nations has a chance to win a chess King.

Dinh was forced to beat Nakamura in the final race on July 4 to finish second from the same opponent, and he did. With the advantage of holding the White Army, Chinese players reduced the White Car to the seventh row, creating a great advantage in the military position. The race ended after 58 steps when the black statue fell into the A3 trap.

The win helped Dinh to eight points from 14 games, behind only Ian Nepomniachtchi. The Russians drew Jan-Krzysztof Duda in the final race and finished with 9.5 points-a record for candidates since 2013, when the race was held in the form of 14 round robin races.

Two other races were also won, when Alireza Firouzja and Teimour Radjabov both held black pieces, but defeated Fabiano Caruana and Richard Rapport respectively.

Nepomniachtchi won the right to challenge chess king Carlson for the second time in a row. If the Norwegian player does not defend his title, the new world champion will be determined through the competition between Nepomniachtchi and Dinh.

Carlson will reflect around July 20-Chess Day-to determine whether to defend the throne. Earlier, he met with Arkady Devall Covic, president of the International Chess Federation, in Madrid, Spain, and proposed to change the competition system of the throne competition. Devall Covic also admitted that "fast chess and lightning are trends".

Dante believes that Carlson will still defend the throne regardless of whether the International Chess Federation will change the competition system of the 2023 World Chess Finals. Chinese players think Carlson lacks motivation to compete. "But as the game approaches, the fire of battle will be rekindled in his heart," Ding told Chess.com.