I had some medicine to make sure I fall asleep': Ian Nepomniachtchi on his epic battle with Ding Liren

Ding Liren defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi to become 17th world chess champion.

Nepo sleep meds “went missing” on night before playoff? : r/chess

World Chess Championship 2023 Round 3 As It Happened: Liren, Nepomniachtchi agree to draw after 30 moves

World Chess Championship 2023 Round 3 As It Happened: Liren, Nepomniachtchi agree to draw after 30 moves

BIG WINNING!! Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren

Ding Liren defeats Ian Nepomniachtchi to win World Chess Championship – as it happened, World Chess Championship 2023

World Chess championship: Ding Liren stuns with miracle win over Ian Nepomniachtchi

Stressed and downcast Ding Liren grappling with much more than Ian Nepomniachtchi

Sean Ingle on X: Spoke to Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi about their epic world chess title match. Ding exhausted. Nepo on great form - but revealed how he'd not slept all night before tie-breaks as his sleeping pills were taken. Will tweet a few more

If Ian Nepomniachtchi wins the world championship match with Ding Liren particularly convincingly (or vice versa), will that go some way towards legitimising the winner's status as a legitimate world champion?

World Chess championship: Ding Liren stuns with miracle win over Ian Nepomniachtchi

Ding Liren defeats Ian Nepomniachtchi to win World Chess Championship – as it happened, World Chess Championship 2023