World Chess Championship still deadlocked after three games‘There’s a lot of time to go. Any game could explode,’ says CarlsenMagnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi played to a third successive draw in the third game of their world championship showdown in Dubai as the
Russian challenger weathered another atypical position before negotiating a bloodless result after 41 moves in 2hr 42min.
![Another tight draw as Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi battle for world title](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3e77bf2d904ca33ac105f483a27e31df066b1cf6/804_463_3887_2332/master/3887.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=23736e8715f228d1bffb55982375f898)
Nepomniachtchi, playing as white, opened with 1 e4 and the action quickly followed the same anti-Marshall branch of the Ruy Lopez opening from Friday’s first encounter. Carlsen broke from familiar territory with the rare 10 … Re8, bypassing four more popular choices from the position, marking the third time in as many games that he was first to mix things up with an unusual move.