D. Gukesh performs in opposition to defending champion Ding Liren within the 2024 Chess World Championship in Singapore.
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Indian challenger D Gukesh performed out a hard-fought draw with white items within the fifth sport of the World Chess Championship in opposition to defending champion Ding Liren of China in Singapore on Saturday (November 30, 2024).
The second attract a row left each gamers with an an identical tally on 2.5 factors apiece, nonetheless shy of 5 extra factors with the intention to win the championship.
The 2 gamers signed peace after 40 strikes. It was the third draw of the match.
The 18-year-old Gukesh is the youngest ever challenger for the crown and had received the third sport on Wednesday.
The 32-year-old Liren had received the opening sport earlier than the 2 performed out attracts within the second and fourth sport.
It was the primary time within the match thus far that Liren didn’t have any issues together with his black items. The defending champion was relaxed as Gukesh but once more employed the King’s pawn opening and confronted the French protection for the second time within the match.
Having misplaced the primary sport in the identical opening, warning was the secret for Gukesh as he went for the Trade variation solely to seek out Liren properly geared up.
The opening, although has been tried on the high on and off, didn’t current black with any herculean defensive job as Liren confirmed after exchanging the queens early.
A pair of rooks modified arms quickly after, leaving Gukesh with a degree place. However, the Indian, true to his model, tried to create an imbalanced place quickly after by permitting Liren to get a protected handed pawn on the sixth rank.
Liren didn’t discover probably the most examined continuation and as an alternative went for an equal endgame with Bishops of reverse colors. There was little question about the results of the sport anymore however Liren determined to half with a pawn and acquired a fortress which didn’t enable any participant to make additional progress.
As per guidelines, the gamers needed to full a minimal of 40 strikes and as soon as that was performed, there was nothing that might change the results of the sport.
The Strikes:
1. e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 c4 7.Bc2 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Qe7 9.Qxe7+ Kxe7 10.0–0 Re8 11.Re1+ Kf8 12.Rxe8+ Kxe8 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.Nbd2 h6 15.Bh4 Nh5 16.Re1+ Kf8 17.g4 Nf4 18.Bg3 Nb6 19.g5 hxg5 20.Nxg5 Bd7 21.Ngf3 Re8 22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Nd3 24.Bxd3 cxd3 25.f3 Nc4 26.Nxc4 dxc4 27.Re4 Bc6 28.Rd4 Bxf3 29.Kf2 Bc6 30.Rxc4 Rd8 31.Rd4 Rxd4 32.cxd4 Bd5 33.b3 Ke7 34.Ke3 Ke6 35.Kxd3 g6 36.Kc3 a6 37.Kd3 Kf5 38.Ke3 Ke6 39.Kd3 Kf5 40.Ke3 Ke6. Recreation drawn.
Revealed – November 30, 2024 06:04 pm IST
