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 …