Madrid Candidates 14: Ding Liren beat Nakamura to snatch 2nd

Ding Liren will play Ian Nepomniachtchi in a World Championship match if Magnus Carlsen chooses not to play after the Chinese no. 1 defeated Hikaru Nakamura on demand in the final round. A brutal day also saw Teimour Radjabov tie Nakamura for 3rd after beating Richard Rapport, while Alireza Firouzja finished 6th after inflicting a 4th defeat of the 2nd half of the event on Fabiano Caruana. Ian Nepomniachtchi drew against Jan-Krzysztof Duda to finish with an unbeaten 9.5/14.

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