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Susan Polgar says Ding Liren’s win over Gukesh at World Chess Championship was his best in 2 years; ‘Where has this Ding been?’ | Chess News

Susan Polgar says Ding Liren’s win over Gukesh at World Chess Championship was his best in 2 years; ‘Where has this Ding been?’ | Chess News

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After Ding Liren’s impressive win over Gukesh in the World Chess Championship Game 12, grandmaster Susan Polgar in a series of tweets showered praise on the 32-year-old defending champion from China. “Someone please report brutality on the board! Where has this Ding been in the last 2 years?,” wrote Susan in one of her tweet. Susan also lauded Liren, who was immaculate in the 12t game to level the score 6-6. “This is Ding’s best game in the past 2 years. This is his real strength when he is in good form. What a statement to make after a horrible blunder yesterday,” said Susan. Someone please report brutality on the board! Where has this Ding been in the last 2 years?#DingGukesh pic.twitter.com/sQcLpJ2Ao2 — Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar) December 9, 2024 Susan believes this will be a big test for the 18-year-old Gukesh to bounce back after this heartbreaking loss against Ding in the World Chess Championship Game 12. “This will be Gukesh’s biggest test in his young career! How to come back from such a loss? …

Why Ding Liren is hanging hopes on Game 12 for a turnaround against D Gukesh | Chess News

Why Ding Liren is hanging hopes on Game 12 for a turnaround against D Gukesh | Chess News

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You would think Game 11 of the Chess World Championships where D Gukesh and Ding Liren battled each other on a thinking spree but the Indian strode forward with a win, was wrecking for the Chinese. But the 26-year-old had hung his hopes on Monday’s Game 12, recalling the last dozenth Game of the match he played against Ian Nepomniachtchi in summer of 2023. Precisely 26 April. “In the last match I made a comeback on the twelfth Game, so I am hoping to play well tomorrow,” Ding said after going down to Gukesh on Sunday. As is his wont Ding had thrived in the absolute chaos of that particular round, and dragged Nepomniachtchi to the brink of doom – coolly walking away with a win from the edge, even as the Russian leaped to his end in 38 moves. Game 12 had led to both immense excitement about the sheer drama, and scoffing critiques of the plummeted quality of play as only 73% accuracy was noted along with 3 epic blunders, as Ding came …

World Chess Championship 2024 Game 12 Highlights: Ding Liren defeats Gukesh to tie match at 6-6 | Chess News

World Chess Championship 2024 Game 12 Highlights: Ding Liren defeats Gukesh to tie match at 6-6 | Chess News

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‘Cost of one game is higher now at World Chess Championship than it was before’: Gukesh says Ding Liren and D Gukesh in action during the World Chess Championship Game 10. (FIDE/Eng Chin An) At the World Championship, Ding Liren, incumbent crown-wearer and D Gukesh, audacious teenage challenger, are involved in a much more dangerous activity. The jenga tower of the World Chess Championship is getting increasingly unstable each time one more game ends in a draw and both players find themselves level on points. And with it, the players are getting more cautious, gingerly playing to avoid defeat. Unsurprisingly then, for the seventh straight game at the 2024 World Chess Championship, Gukesh and Ding Liren agreed to a draw. After the 36-move draw on Saturday, the prospect of tie-breaks appears increasingly likely. 10 games into this duel, 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 …

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 …

World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11 Highlights: Gukesh defeats Ding Liren with white pieces | Chess News

World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11 Highlights: Gukesh defeats Ding Liren with white pieces | Chess News

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‘Cost of one game higher now than it was before’: Gukesh after draw in Game 10 Ding Liren and D Gukesh in action during the World Chess Championship Game 10. (FIDE/Eng Chin An) At the World Championship, Ding Liren, incumbent crown-wearer and D Gukesh, audacious teenage challenger, are involved in a much more dangerous activity. The jenga tower of the World Chess Championship is getting increasingly unstable each time one more game ends in a draw and both players find themselves level on points. And with it, the players are getting more cautious, gingerly playing to avoid defeat. Unsurprisingly then, for the seventh straight game at the 2024 World Chess Championship, Gukesh and Ding Liren agreed to a draw. After the 36-move draw on Saturday, the prospect of tie-breaks appears increasingly likely. 10 games into this duel, 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 …

World Chess Championship 2024 Game 10 Highlights: Players agree to draw after largely painless game | Chess News

World Chess Championship 2024 Game 10 Highlights: Players agree to draw after largely painless game | Chess News

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FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, Game 10 Singapore Highlights, Gukesh D vs Ding Liren: Both players have agreed to end the 10th game as a largely painless and un-dramatic draw after 36 moves. This has been the most undramatic game of the 10 games so far in this world championship. Both players had reached the 20-move mark with roughly an hour on their clocks. Gukesh had fallen 22 minutes on the clock by the 10th move after spending almost 26 minutes thinking on just one move. But his move 10…Nh5 forced Ding Liren into a long phase of thought, that touched 25 minutes. World Champion Ding Liren had white pieces today and once again played the London System. Both players are back in action on Saturday after their third rest day at the ongoing World Chess Championship. The intensity has been turned up as both players are still inseparable on points after nine intense battles. Ding Liren is yet to win a match at the ongoing World Championship after winning Game 1. Gukesh was the …

World Chess Championship 2024 Game 8 highlights: Gukesh vs Ding Liren ends in draw | Chess News

World Chess Championship 2024 Game 8 highlights: Gukesh vs Ding Liren ends in draw | Chess News

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FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, Game 8 Singapore Highlights: game 8 of the world chess championship ended in a draw after 51 moves. The game saw Gukesh refuse to accept a draw by threefold repetition on the 41st move despite him being in a worse position while playing with black pieces. This is the second time at the World Chess Championship that Gukesh has rejected the option to end the game in a draw by opting to play on. READ MORE: How Gukesh once again opted to fight rather than settle for a draw in worse position in Game 8 of World Chess Championship versus Ding Liren Earlier, the game saw world champion Ding Liren burn up over an hour on his clock by just the 15th minute. Ding had opted to use the London Opening at the start. Meanwhile, the world champion’s 18-year-old teenaged opponent from India Gukesh has built up a steady advantage of almost half an hour on the clock. After move 20, Ding Liren has 27 minutes for his next 20 …

World Chess Championship: How Gukesh courageously spurned chance to draw despite being in worse position vs Ding Liren | Chess News

World Chess Championship: How Gukesh courageously spurned chance to draw despite being in worse position vs Ding Liren | Chess News

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For about 25 minutes in Game 6 on Sunday – which eventually ended in a draw – Ding Liren spent his time on the board with feet dipped in the warm pool of false hope. His queen and his opponent D Gukesh’s queen had spent the last few moves waltzing in the middle of the board, their gaze locked at each other. Ding’s queen shuffled backwards and forwards on d5 and d6 squares, batting its eyelashes at Gukesh’s queen. The Indian’s queen seemed to be following its lead, moving between e7 and g5 squares. Then, when one more step on the g5 square would have solemnised a draw by threefold repetition – which would have seen both players head into the second rest day of the 2024 World Chess Championship at 3 points each – Gukesh’s queen opted to swipe left! Instead of heading to e7, Gukesh’s queen went to h4, rejecting the advances of Ding’s queen. Call it the heady optimism of youth. But the 18-year-old from Chennai had chosen to spurn his world …

Gukesh pulls off miraculous escape after blunder

Gukesh pulls off miraculous escape after blunder

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Right after Gukesh had played the 23rd move of game 5 and his opponent Ding Liren had responded in a flash, the Indian teenager realised that he had blundered. It was the sort of error that could decide the fate of a game. And the World Championship as a consequence. That Gukesh managed to wriggle out of the tight corner and salvage a draw to keep the contest level could turn out to be significant in the end. With Ding Liren’s dark-squared bishop killing off Gukesh’s knight on e5, ths latter had a choice to recapture the square: he could capture it with his rook, sitting idly on the back rank, or he could capture it with his pawn that was sitting on d4. If he opted for the rook capture, it would lead to a rook exchange that would see neither player having any rooks left on the board. READ MORE: In contrast to inscrutable Gukesh, Ding Liren allows the world to see how he feels The teenager chose the second option: picking it …