After two exciting draws in which each player had a chance to win and took some risks, GM Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi head into game three of the FIDE World Chess Championship as pundits expect Nepomniachtchi to again play 1.e4 and try to find cracks in Carlsen’s 1…e5.

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What are your predictions for game three? Will we again see 8…Na5 or will we see a fresh opening idea? Will it be a third dramatic and possibly even decisive game, or will the players take it easy before the rest day which offers a chance to prepare heavily for game four and beyond now that some opening battlegrounds have been defined? Post your hot takes in the comments below!

Will @MagnusCarlsen again play the rare 8…Na5 in game three? 🤔#CarlsenNepo

— Chess.com (@chesscom) November 28, 2021

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