Gukesh-Liren’s ninth game King vs King draw: The sixth consecutive match in the World Chess Championship final ended in a draw, the score was equal.

In the final of the World Chess Championship on Thursday, the match between D Gukesh and Ding Liren of China ended in a draw on King vs King. This was the 9th round match. In the match played on Thursday night, both the players agreed on a draw after 54 moves.

32-year-old Chinese Grand Master Liren won the first match, while 18-year-old Indian Grand Master Gukesh won the third match. The second, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth games were draws. This is the sixth consecutive game and the seventh overall game of the match, in which both the players shared points. After this draw, both the players have equal 4.5 points. Which is three points less than the 7.5 points required to win the championship.

There is a rest day on Friday after which both the players will resume the competition on Saturday. Now only 5 matches are left in the championship with a prize money of 25 lakh dollars. If the score remains tied after 14 rounds, there will be matches under ‘Faster Time Control’ to decide the winner.

What is King Vs King Draw? When during a chess match only the kings of both players remain on the chess board, it is called a king versus king draw. In such a situation, there are no chances for any one player to win.

Gukesh opened Catalan, Liren looked under time pressure Gukesh played the Catalan opening with the white pieces. Here too Liren took a lot of time to deal with the opening. While Gukesh took 15 minutes in the first 14 moves. Whereas Liren took 50 minutes. In the middle game, Gukesh got a chance to put pressure on Liren in the 20th move, but Liren did not allow Gukesh to take advantage with his best moves.

At one point Liren was behind by 30 minutes, but despite the time pressure, he made the right moves and brought the match to par. During this time Gukesh utilized his extra time. In the 23rd move he lagged behind Liren in terms of time. After the 24th move it was decided that the game would be a draw and in the end it happened.

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh thinking about his next move.

Gukesh started lagging behind in the end After the 41st move, Liren got the advantage and D Gukesh started lagging behind. After a short break, on the 54th move the chess board became king versus king and both players agreed to a draw.

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