Another match of Gukesh-Liren drawn in World Chess Championship: 5th consecutive game was drawn, both have 4-4 points; ninth round today

Indian Grand Master D Gukesh once again could not convert a strong position into victory against Ding Liren in the final match of the World Chess Championship. The 8th round match between the two ended in a draw on Wednesday in Singapore. Both agreed to a draw after 51 moves in a game that lasted four and a half hours.

This was the sixth draw of the final match of 14 rounds. Both got 0.5-0.5 points from this game. After this draw, both players have 4 points each, which is still 3.5 points less than the 7.5 points required to win the championship. Before this, the matches of second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh rounds were also draws. 32 year old Liren won the first round, while 18 year old Gukesh won the third round match.

Great start, then 2 mistakes and match draw Gukesh was playing with black pieces in this game. The Indian star started with a novelty (a chess move). Due to this Ding had to change his plans. He looked a little worried, but continued to pull out the match with strong defence.

Then Gukesh’s two mistakes in the middle game took away his chance of winning. At one point, Ding was under time pressure and had to make 16 moves in 16 minutes. Gukesh was in a winning position here. Here Gukesh gave the opponent a chance to recover. Due to this the match moved towards a draw. After the match, Ding said – I never felt in the entire match that I was in a position to win. I was certainly uncomfortable with Gukesh’s opening, but was not nervous.

Indian Grand Master D Gukesh thinks about his next move in the 8th round game.

Gukesh rejected the offer of draw on the second On the 41st move, Ding repeated the moves. The match is considered a draw if three identical moves are made by both players. Gukesh did not play the same trick here and declined the offer of a draw, although Gukesh was not in a good position here. Gukesh rejected the offer of a draw for the second time in the World Chess Championship final, but Ding’s strong defense prevented Gukesh’s plans from succeeding.

In the 41st move, Ding Liren repeated his moves and proposed a draw to Gukesh.

Today there will be a ninth round game, Gukesh will play with white pieces. Gukesh will play with white pieces in the 9th round match on Thursday. There are now six rounds left in the tournament. 14 rounds of matches are to be played between the two, out of which the first player to reach 7.5 points will become the world champion.

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Gukesh and Liren played fourth consecutive draw

A tough fight continues between Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren in the final of the World Chess Championship. Both played a drawn match on Tuesday. Fourth consecutive game in the final has been a draw. During the 7th game, Gukesh, playing with white pieces, was in a strong position, but the Chinese star made a brilliant defense and forced him to play a draw.