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Astana · Apr 2023
Ding 7–7 Nepomniachtchi
7–7; Ding won the rapid 2½–1½.
The score gap, game by game: up is Ding.
The game that moved the match the most: Ding's chance of winning the title went from 19% to 49%. Its costliest move:
Ding v Nepomniachtchi · 1–0
29... Rh6 by Nepomniachtchi: chances 53% → 25%
The coach: Nf5 instead (the arrow) — with it, it was about level.
Replay it: Study › Follow a live game › World Championship 2023: Ding v Nepomniachtchi › Game 12
Model: Ding's chance of winning the match
How the match could have been read, move by move: Reading the match.
Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.
49 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Nepomniachtchi 93.2, Ding 93.6
No move cost more than 12%.
29 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Ding 88.3, Nepomniachtchi 91.6
Costliest move: 23. Nf3 (Ding, 62% → 27%)
30 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Nepomniachtchi 91.9, Ding 92.7
No move cost more than 12%.
47 moves · c4 Nf6 Nc3 e5 · accuracy Ding 94.2, Nepomniachtchi 91.5
No move cost more than 12%.
48 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Nepomniachtchi 94.4, Ding 93.7
No move cost more than 12%.
44 moves · d4 Nf6 Nf3 d5 · accuracy Ding 93.4, Nepomniachtchi 92.9
Costliest move: 31... Kh7 (Nepomniachtchi, 46% → 34%)
37 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Nepomniachtchi 93.9, Ding 91.6
Costliest move: 36... Kg7 (Ding, 26% → 6%)
45 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Ding 92.7, Nepomniachtchi 91.4
Costliest move: 32. Kd1 (Ding, 82% → 67%)
82 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Nepomniachtchi 93.5, Ding 92.8
Costliest move: 24... Rb5 (Ding, 56% → 40%)
45 moves · c4 Nf6 Nc3 e5 · accuracy Ding 91.5, Nepomniachtchi 91.4
Costliest move: 45. h5+ (Ding, 95% → 50%)
39 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Nepomniachtchi 93.8, Ding 93.7
No move cost more than 12%.
38 moves · d4 Nf6 Nf3 d5 · accuracy Ding 90.3, Nepomniachtchi 86.3
Costliest move: 29... Rh6 (Nepomniachtchi, 53% → 25%)
40 moves · e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Nepomniachtchi 94.7, Ding 94.4
Costliest move: 23... Qe7 (Ding, 54% → 41%)
90 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Ding 89.0, Nepomniachtchi 90.0
Costliest move: 90. Rxf4 (Ding, 33% → 4%)
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