Second victory with white stones: Carlsen builds leadership

As in game four Nepomnjaschi played the Petrov defense against Carl sens royal farmers, the defending champion already showed his ambitions early: With 7. SD2 the world champion played a very conservative train, which suggested a balanced position and thus a probable drawer. But Nepomnjaschi did not want to satisfy himself. With 9.... H₅ the Russian played a very aggressive, but risky train.

He would regret this. The ambitious playing style of his counterparty, Carlson ice-cold, preserved his slight advantage of sovereign and gave Nero no chance to become effective. This seemed to frustrate the challenger, as a result, the defense Nepomnjaschschis crashed into itself. With the timetable Patter 21.... B5, the Russian Carlson gave a farmer, a short time later, Nepomnjashchi lost 24.... TD6 all access to the position.

No chance for Nero

Carlson exchanged in a ladies end game in which the chess computers indicates an advantage of +6.05. For comparison: In his success in game six, the defending champion changed an advantage of +0.27 in a victory.

The Norwegian made a short process with his challenger, in a fashionable way, Carlson Nepomnjaschi forced the task and set the score to 5: 3. Opportunities for a catch-up of the challenger will now be assessed by experts as well as impossible.