Earlier in the day, Gukesh yet again tightened the noose in the opening. He has clearly been the better player when it came to springing surprises at the start. Moving his knight forward on the first move, the Indian faced the Neo-Grunfeld defense from Liren, and as early as in the seventh turn, Gukesh came up with a surprise idea.
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