Ding Liren vs Gukesh – Bhartiyanews24x7

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 Kas...

Within minutes of D Gukesh throwing in the towel in Game 12 of the World Chess Championship, Hikaru Nakamura is live on a stream offering his post mortem of a body that is yet to get cold.Ranked No.3 in the world, Nakamura finished second at the Candidates tournament, just missing out on being in Gukesh’s chair as the challenger to world champion Ding Liren. Now, as the 18-year-old Indian fights against the Chinese grandmaster for a chance to become the youngest-ever world champion, the American grandmaster — who likes to say that his main profession is streaming rather than playing chess — is at hand to offer insights into the contest in Singapore. Occasionally, like when Gukesh rejected a draw offer from Ding and the game continued longer than anticipated, Nakamura was streaming even whi...

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