The ninth game of the match for the world chess crown ended in a draw

The game lasted five and a half hours. Sergey Karjakin and Magnus Carlsen agreed to a draw on move 74. As a result, after the ninth installment of a Russian leader with a score of 5: 4.

He defeated the Norwegian in the previous match, playing with black pieces. Both players admitted that last game was very tense.

After the game players have undergone the procedure of doping control, including on the infamous Meldonium buy. Pretenders to the crown will play the next game tonight: Karjakin with black pieces. Team Magnus Carlsen has filed an appeal against the penalty for non-participation in the last press conference. Recall, after the defeat in the eighth installment of the Norwegian lost his temper and did not communicate with journalists, for which he was punished - deprived of 10% of the prize money.