After blundering his round four game, GM Ian Nepomniachtchi staged a comeback on Saturday, April 15, as he scored an important victory as White against GM Ding Liren to take the lead 3-2.

In game five, Nepomniachtchi broke away once again as he exploited his opening and time advantage to put pressure on Ding until the Chinese world number-three made some decisive mistakes and collapsed before the time control.