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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 …

Elite GMs explain why Ding Liren’s happy playing out draws

Elite GMs explain why Ding Liren’s happy playing out draws

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For the second time in eight games at the World Chess Championship, Ding Liren, the man with the crown on his head, tried to play out a draw despite having the upper hand. And Gukesh, the teenager playing in his first World Chess Championship, has been pushing for a win, even in comparatively worse positions. READ MORE: Why Gukesh’s dad and Ding Liren’s mom are most important members of their entourage at World Chess Championship One of the popular theories that explains this paradox is that if the best-of-14 games match stays level on points after 14 games, players will have to fight it out in shorter time control tiebreaks, which is a format that favours Ding Liren. It was via the tiebreaks that Ding Liren had become world champion last year. Elite players like former world champion Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura believe that Ding Liren would not mind the match heading into tiebreaks. READ MORE: 16 things we learnt about Gukesh, the Indian teen bidding to be youngest-ever world champion, from press conferences …

Gukesh stuns and impresses chess legends by rejecting draw vs Ding Liren

Gukesh stuns and impresses chess legends by rejecting draw vs Ding Liren

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The 18-year-old challenger for the world champion’s crown, Gukesh, earned the respect of chess legends like Magnus Carlsen, and the Polgar sisters with his decision to reject a draw offer and to play on in game 8 of the world chess championship against Ding Liren. On move 41, Gukesh could have played 41…Qg2 and brought the game to an end as a draw due to a threefold repetition. At that stage Gukesh was in a worse match situation than his opponent from China. Follow our liveblog of Game 10 of the World Chess Championship here: World Chess Championship Game 10 But instead of playing 41…Qg2, the Indian chose to keep the game continuing with 41…Qa2+ to reject a draw offer. This is now the second time in eight games that he has pulled out of playing for a certain draw and tried to push for a win. His attitude earned him praise from veritable chess legends. “I used to say that chess players should be somewhere between optimistic and delusional. This clearly was on the …

What Gukesh did in Game 7 opening ‘takes guts… really impressed by him’

What Gukesh did in Game 7 opening ‘takes guts… really impressed by him’

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After a battling 72-move draw between Ding Liren and Gukesh in Game 7 of the world chess championship on Tuesday, former world champion Magnus Carlsen said he was in awe of the opening ideas that Gukesh and his team found to surprise the world champion. Follow our liveblog of Game 8 of the World Chess Championship here: World Chess Championship Game 8 Game 7 was the longest match of this year’s world chess championship lasting five hours and 30 minutes. “This was a fantastic game. Really couldn’t have asked for more. Best game of the match so far. One that really thrilled everybody,” Carlsen said on the Take Take Take app. “There was a fascinating idea from Gukesh in the opening and almost entirely new concept. Then he played a really good game until a certain point. Ding started fighting back and we got a fantastic back-and-forth battle. Ding found a lot resources.” Carlsen heaped praise on the opening used by Gukesh, crediting it to his trainer Gregorz Gajewski, who’s known for his opening ideas. …

Gukesh has ‘generally not impressed me’ so far

Gukesh has ‘generally not impressed me’ so far

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Former world champion Magnus Carlsen has said that Gukesh, who at the age of 18 is bidding to become the youngest ever world champion, has not impressed him so far over the course of five games at the ongoing World Chess Championship against the reigning world champion Ding Liren. “Gukesh has generally not impressed me so far. Ding has probably done a little bit better than we had thought. Well, we didn’t expect much (before the start of the world chess championship). But Gukesh has probably been a little bit worse,” said Magnus Carlsen in a recap video on the Take Take Take app. After five games, the score in the best-of-14 World Chess Championship match stands level with both players having 2.5 points each after winning one game apiece and drawing the remaining three. Gukesh, though, has had the chance to play in three games so far with the white pieces. Game 5 ended in a draw despite Gukesh blundering on move 25, which saw Ding Liren have the chance to attack. But Ding …

Magnus Carlsen predicts ‘Gukesh will go for the throat’ in Game 5

Magnus Carlsen predicts ‘Gukesh will go for the throat’ in Game 5

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Game 4 of the World Chess Championship ended in a dull 42-move draw with world champion Ding Liren trying to catch out his young opponent in the opening but then playing out a tepid game which ambled on for a draw. The best-of-14 match now stands at 2-2 with both players winning one game each after four contests. Follow our liveblog of Game 5 of the Gukesh vs Ding Liren battle here: World Chess Championship Game 5 Carlsen says Gukesh the ‘better chess player’ In his post-game analysis show for the Take Take Take app, Magnus Carlsen pointed out that based on recent form, including games we have seen at the World Chess Championship, Gukesh is the “better chess player”. “The assumption based on the recent data we have is that Gukesh is a better chess player than Ding Liren is right now. So having more games is good for him,” Magnus Carlsen said. D Gukesh and Ding Liren face each other in Game 4 of the World Chess Championship. (FIDE/Eng Chin An) Magnus Carlsen …