As previously reported, Dusseldorf hosted the competitions of the first round of the WR Chess Masters Tournament with a prize fund of 140 thousand euros.

Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattarov in the first round played with Ian Nepomniachtchi from Russia, who is second in the world ranking.

Even though Uzbekistan’s chess player played black in this intense duel, the meeting ended in a draw.

The WR Chess Masters Tournament, consisting of 9 rounds, will run until February 26.

Today, on February 17, Nodirbek will meet in the second round with another Russian chess player Andrey Esipenko. This time he is playing white.

T.Ruziyev, UzA