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WATCH: D Gukesh breaks down in tears after becoming world champion by beating Ding Liren | Chess News

WATCH: D Gukesh breaks down in tears after becoming world champion by beating Ding Liren | Chess News

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D Gukesh who on Thursday became the youngest world chess champion after defeating defending champ Ding Liren, was overcome with emotions after winning the whole thing after 14 grueling games. A sense of awe was written on the face of the teenager as he could not hold back his tears and started rearranging the pieces on the chess board. “Don’t cry, it’s ok,” said a voice in a video shared by chess.com which prompted the new champion to look up and smile with tears in his eyes. He would then fidget around with his stuff on the table before a loud cheer echoed from outside the room as he acknowledged them with both hands raised in the air with a beaming smile. 🥹🎉 @photochess pic.twitter.com/BOnIsfKtIw — Chess.com (@chesscom) December 12, 2024 In the match, Gukesh secured the requisite 7.5 points as against 6.5 of Liren after winning the last classical time control game of the 14-game match that seemed headed for a draw for most part. “I’ve been dreaming about this moment for 10 years!” …

History made as Gukesh becomes youngest-ever world champion after last-ditch blunder from Ding Liren | Chess News

History made as Gukesh becomes youngest-ever world champion after last-ditch blunder from Ding Liren | Chess News

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There is a now-viral video of Dommaraju Gukesh as an 11-year-old. In it, the boy who is yet to become a Grand Master is asked by IM Sagar Shah of ChessBase India what his ambition is. “I want to become the youngest chess champion in the world,” declares the boy in his thin boyish voice with the hint of a grin on a face that is yet to have even the shadow of a moustache. About seven years after that proclamation, Gukesh has become the youngest chess champion in the world at 18, defeating Chinese Ding Liren in a battle of wills that lasted three weeks and tested both players psychologically and physically. He surpassed Garry Kasparov as the youngest. There has been a purpose to the way that Gukesh has handled things in Singapore. It starts from the way he enters the playing hall, striding past shouting fans. Then, in the way he sits at the chessboard, shutting his eyes to enter an almost-meditative state while his opponent Ding Liren tries to find the …

Magnus Carlsen on Game 13 draw: ‘Gukesh did his job well for a long time, but Ding survived with a combo of skill and luck’ | Chess News

Magnus Carlsen on Game 13 draw: ‘Gukesh did his job well for a long time, but Ding survived with a combo of skill and luck’ | Chess News

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World No 1 Magnus Carlsen was appreciative of both D Gukesh’s strategic thinking and Ding Liren’s ability to wriggle out of a tight situation as the World Chess Championship’s penultimate game ended in a draw to keep things level between the contenders. Gukesh had his chances in Game 13, but could not overcome a resilient Ding Liren as the penultimate game of the World Chess Championship ended in a draw on Wednesday. “He showed fighting spirit in his opening choice,” Carlsen said of Gukesh’s gameplay in his recap for Take Take Take. “After that, yeah of course he was he was trying to win but, who wouldn’t? Like he didn’t have a single moment in the game where there was any risk to his position at all so I think anybody practically would try and win in this situation.” “You know, he did his job very well for a long time, he found a nice idea in the French defense he put Ding under a lot of pressure and with a combination of skill and …

World Chess Championship | Ding Liren says he ‘almost gave up’: Gukesh presses but Chinese GM holds strong to stay level | Chess News

World Chess Championship | Ding Liren says he ‘almost gave up’: Gukesh presses but Chinese GM holds strong to stay level | Chess News

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Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand turned 55 on Wednesday and his protege D Gukesh had the chance to give a befitting present to the legend while getting within touching distance of becoming the youngest-ever occupier of the throne. Having lost Game 12 to Ding Liren on Monday immediately after taking the lead, Gukesh ideally needed to make the most of his last game with white pieces if he wanted to settle the contest before the tie-breaks. As it turned out, the Indian’s efforts to squeeze water out of stone only resulted in a stalemate after 68 moves. The Chinese champion now has white pieces in the final game of classical chess and if it too ends in a draw, the two combatants will go into tie-breakers playing formats with quicker time control. It is said that chess legend Garry Kasparov received a call from one of his mentors, Mikhail Tal, the night before he became world champion. The latter, who had worn the crown previously, had said: “Tomorrow is my birthday. And I expect a …

World Chess Championship: Gukesh still has 50-50 chance to win, provided he avoids tie-breaks | Chess News

World Chess Championship: Gukesh still has 50-50 chance to win, provided he avoids tie-breaks | Chess News

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Despite losing Game 12 of the World Chess Championship, Indian challenger D Gukesh still has an even chance of claiming the crown, provided he can settle the matter in the next two games, a mathematical prediction model indicates. World Champion Ding Liren won Game 12, regaining parity with his 18-year-old opponent at 6-6 in the best-of-14 match. If the scores are still deadlocked after the remaining two games, the contest will head into tie-breaks, where faster versions of rapid and, later blitz, if necessary, will come into play. Despite the latest setback for Gukesh, Mehmet Ismail — a Ph.D in economics from Maastricht University and a lecturer at King’s College, London who makes predictions for big-ticket chess events — gives both players a 50-50 percent chance to win in regulation time. In June, Ismail had done a similar data-based prediction for The Indian Express, where he had predicted that the overall chance of Gukesh winning the title was 63.4 percent if the contest was decided in the classical portion itself. His prediction that Ding holds …

Ding Liren claws back into World Chess Championship after defeat to keep battle with Gukesh alive | Chess News

Ding Liren claws back into World Chess Championship after defeat to keep battle with Gukesh alive | Chess News

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For the fourth time in two years, Ding Liren pulled a rabbit out of the hat just when he needed to: winning a game at the world championship when he was trailing after a defeat. The Chinese grandmaster did this three times to Ian Nepomniachtchi to force last year’s world championship into a tiebreak, where he eventually prevailed. Ding has now done it to the 18-year-old challenger from India, D Gukesh, right after losing to him in Game 11 on Sunday. With two games remaining in the 2024 world chess championship, the prospect of tie-breaks appears increasingly likely with both players locked on six points each after 12 games with two wins each. How does Ding keep doing this time and again? “Just by chance,” the world champion told grandmaster Maurice Ashley at the post-match press conference when asked how he finds the strength to bounce back immediately. “Yesterday was a difficult game to deal with since I was much better at one point and just spent too little time on critical moments and spoiled …

Ding Liren crumbling is most likely scenario

Ding Liren crumbling is most likely scenario

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The momentum in the 2024 World Chess Championship match swung decisively on Sunday after Gukesh defeated Ding Liren with white pieces in Game 11 to take a 6-5 lead. There are just three more games left. Under severe time trouble in Game 11, Ding Liren blundered on Move 28 when he retreated his queen to c8 (28.Qc8). That move proved to be decisive as he resigned one move later. Ding Liren’s predecessor on the world champion’s throne — Magnus Carlsen — predicted after Game 11 that the “most likely scenario was that Ding will crumble” after the defeat. “We’ll see if Ding has any fight in him. Will Ding crumble now? I think that’s most likely the most likely scenario. Whether he will put any pressure on Gukesh, whatsoever? Hard to say. Kinda doubt it. Gukesh has been very good at neutralising Ding with black pieces. Maybe Ding will put in a shift in the two white games remaining. But I am not optimistic on his behalf,” Carlsen said on Take Take Take. INTERACTIVE: Game …

Gukesh, Ding Liren break down how Game 11 of World Chess Championship played out on board and in their minds | Chess News

Gukesh, Ding Liren break down how Game 11 of World Chess Championship played out on board and in their minds | Chess News

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Gukesh took a decisive step towards becoming the 18th world chess champion by forcing Ding Liren to resign in Game 11 of their title clash in Singapore on Sunday. After the 29-move capitulation by the holder, both players gave their thoughts on how the battle played out. Gukesh later described the game as a roller-coaster. Here’s how the players assessed the action in their own words: 4 e3 Nf6 and 5 a3 Bg4 (Where Ding spent almost an hour) Ding: “Game 11 was a difficult game for me. By move 4, I was already wondering if it was the right move. I remembered that once I played this game against B Adhiban in a rapid tournament. But I forgot what to do with the other moves. Gukesh then played 5. a3 which came as a surprise. Forty minutes went nowhere in calculating some nonsense variations.” Gukesh: “I was aware of the game that he played with Adhiban. 5.a3 was a new move that my team showed me last night and I really liked the idea. …

After 7 draws, Gukesh wins as Ding Liren resigns

After 7 draws, Gukesh wins as Ding Liren resigns

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After seven successive draws, Indian challenger D Gukesh got the better of China’s Ding Liren in Game 11 to edge ahead in the FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore on Sunday. With three games remaining in the match, the 18-year-old managed to force a resignation from the world champion to take the lead for the first time. It was a game that saw both players in a massive time scramble from early on. Ding had just over eight minutes to make 16 moves at one stage while Gukesh needed to make 15 moves in just under 15 minutes. FOLLOW: Highlights of Gukesh’s win in Game 11 “At some point, it was a blitz game,” said Gukesh at the press conference. “I was happy when I saw him think so long. I was happy to get that time advantage. I don’t know what I was thinking for an hour. I was thinking about so many variations.” Under this time pressure, Ding made a blunder on the 28th move by shifting his queen to c8. As soon …

‘Cost of one game higher now than it was before’: Gukesh after draw in Game 10 | Chess News

‘Cost of one game higher now than it was before’: Gukesh after draw in Game 10 | Chess News

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For the seventh straight game at the 2024 World Chess Championship, Gukesh and world champion Ding Liren agreed to a draw. After the 36-move draw on Saturday, the prospect of tie-breaks appears increasingly likely. After 10 games, both players are deadlocked at five points each. If there is no player who holds an advantage after four more games, the game will head into the tie-break, which is played in the rapid format. This will clearly suit Ding Liren, who had won the crown of the world champion by defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi last year in the rapid tie-break. Gukesh started the World Chess Championship as the World No.5 in classical with a rating of 2,783. Meanwhile, the world champion from China was world No.23 with a rating of 2,728. But in rapid format, Gukesh has a rating of 2,654 and a world ranking of 45 while Ding, at 2,776, is ranked No.2 in the world. In Game 10, there was not really too much to separate the two with Ding Liren breaking with his custom of …