Game 9 : Draw in 82 moves.

This is the longest game so far. Ding offered an exchange sacrifice in order to gain connected passed pawns on the a and b files with 26...Be6, but Nepomniachtchi chose a safer option with 27.Bxe6. The game went into a Rook and Knight endgame with an extra pawn for Nepomniachtchi. Ding defended this endgame very precisely and obtained the draw.

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