Ding Liren passes acid test in World Championship Game 3

Ding Liren looked and sounded like a man transformed as he pressed Ian Nepomniachtchi before making a draw with the black pieces in Game 3 of the World Championship match in Astana. Ian still leads 2:1, but Ding credited his friends with helping him regain his confidence and understand that he’d simply been weighed down by the pressure of the match in the first two games.

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