This is the first of their games to end with a victory for one of them. The other five games have ended in a draw, and in reality, the situation between them is such that the Russian challenger, Jan Nepomniachtchi, has had the upper hand on the Norwegian world champion. But when it mattered, the Norwegian grandmaster showed that he was also tough enough to beat the Russian grandmaster.
Hetta er fyrsti dysturin teirra millum, sum endar við sigri til annan teirra. Hini fimm talvini eru endað við javnleiki, og í veruleikanum er støðan innanhýsis teirra millum soleiðis, at russiski avbjóðarin, Jan Nepomnjasjtsjij, hevur havt takið á norska heimsmeistaranum. Men tá tað galt, vísti norski stórmeistarin, at hann eisini var nóg stinnur til at koppa russiska stórmeistaranum.