The fifth world championship game between Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia on Wednesday in Dubai ended as the first four did. With a draw.
Though the games so far have brought a Carlsen pawn sacrifice and a few minor complications and blunders to excite the hard-core aficionados, they have not come close to providing what more casual observers generally like to see at sporting events: a winner.
“It’s becoming clearer and clearer that it’s going to be hard for either of us to break through,” Carlsen said after the game.
It is not unusual to have a lot of draws in major chess events.