The drawn match left both the players on an identical tally of 4 points each, still shy of 3.5 points in order to win the championship.
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World Chess Championship: D Gukesh squanders advantage, settles for draw in Game 7
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.
World Chess Championship: D Gukesh, Ding Liren draw fourth game; remain level on points
The two players signed peace after 42 moves vide repetition and are tied on two points each after four games of the 14-round showdown. The first to reach 7.5 points will be crowned the champion.
World Chess Championship: D Gukesh takes third game to make it even, Ding Liren to bank on resilient past for crown
Having demonstrated better preparation and claimed his first victory in the third game on Wednesday, November 27, the teenager is expectedly upbeat and would be looking to just relax on the first rest on Thursday.
World Chess Championship: D Gukesh claws back with draw as Ding Liren maintains lead
Playing with black pieces, Gukesh made a comeback of sorts, having lost to Liren in the opener of the 14-game showdown, on Monday, November 25.
China’s Ding Liren draws first blood in World Chess Championship opener as Indian GM Gukesh lets it slip
The victory with black pieces gave the Chinese an early lead in the 14-game showdown scheduled to last till mid-December.
Grandmaster Gukesh takes on China’s Ding Liren to break India’s decade-long World Chess Championship jinx in Singapore
In April this year, Gukesh scripted history by winning the Candidates Chess Tournament to become the youngest ever challenger to the world title. He won it after drawing his final-round game against America’s Hikaru Nakamura. This is also the first time in 138 years that two Asian players will compete for the coveted title, which has evaded India since 2013, when Viswanathan Anand lost to Magnus Carlsen.
India men and women win maiden Chess Olympiad gold medals
Apart from the two gold medals, the Indian players won more yellow metals for individual performances on their respective boards.
Grandmasters Ding Liren, Gukesh to head to Singapore for World Chess Championship
Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren and his Indian counterpart Dommaraju Gukesh will lock horns in Singapore for the coveted World Chess Championship. The city-state won the rights to host the important game, beating Indian cities Chennai and national capital New Delhi, on July 1. The World Chess Championship game will take place between November 20 and […]
Indian GM Praggnanandhaa scores his first win over GM Magnus Carlsen in classical chess
Classical chess, also known as slow chess, allows players a significant amount of time to make their moves. Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa had drawn their previous three encounters in this format.
