[ycombinete]

Yes definitely. Ian must’ve been shifting into draw mode after the first repetition. Hard to adjust again with ~2 minutes on the clock.

I think as well that Black had more viable moves as the position continued to develop; Ian on the other hand had to be very accurate.

Brilliant from ding really. There’s a reason he’s about 100 Elo points stronger than Ian in Rapid.

[rgoulter]

In the final game, the commentators on the chess.com stream pointed out that Ian could have gone for a draw, but wanted to push on.

[ycombinete]

There were definitely moments in the game where they both had the option, but I am referring specifically to 46. ... Rg6 [0] which occurs after two repetitions of the position, initiated by Ian.

[0] https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-chess-championship-...