FIDE World Chess Championship 2024: Sport 7 Indian Grandmaster Gukesh vs defending champion Ding Liren in Singapore on December 3 2024

Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh and defending champion and China’s Ding Liren signed the peace in 72 strikes on the Sport 7 of the World Chess Championship in Singapore on December 3, 2024. Photograph: X/@FIDE_chess

The youngest-ever challenger to the world crown, D Gukesh let go of a really promising place and needed to accept a fourth consecutive draw in opposition to defending champion Ding Liren of China in a marathon seventh recreation of the World Chess Championship in Singapore on Tuesday (December 3, 2024).

The stalemate, which got here after 5 hours and 22 minutes of nerve-wracking play, left each gamers on an an identical tally of three.5 factors every, nonetheless shy of 4 extra factors with a view to win the championship.

The 2 gamers signed peace after 72 strikes.

World Chess Championship 2024 Sport 7 Highlights

It turned out to be a tricky day in workplace once more for Liren, who was looking at a dropping place for a very long time, until Gukesh blundered. The Indian, enjoying white, obtained an enormous benefit however miscalculated to let the Chinese language off the hook in what was the longest recreation of the match to date.

It was a miraculous save by Liren after stepping into what the chess pundits termed as a misplaced rook and minor piece endgame.

Earlier within the day, Gukesh but once more tightened the noose within the opening. He has clearly been the higher participant when it is come to springing opening surprises.

Shifting his knight ahead on the primary transfer, the Indian confronted the Neo Grunfeld protection from Liren, and as early as on the seventh flip, Gukesh got here up with a shock concept.

Liren, who appeared to have solved his opening issues within the final couple of video games, was on the receiving finish on Tuesday (December 3, 2024), and regardless that he selected regular continuation, white’s place remained preferable.

Gukesh exerted stress by means of the centre and obtained a dangerous-looking handed pawn within the early levels of the center recreation, with the benefit of the bishop pair solely including to Liren’s woes.

The center recreation noticed inaccuracies from either side, and it appeared that Liren was near acquiring equality. Nevertheless, the method had but once more eaten up most of Liren’s obtainable time because the gamers are required to make the primary 40 strikes in two hours with none increment.

Gukesh went for the commerce of queens after fracturing black’s pawn construction on the king facet because the Indian obtained an indeniable benefit.

As has occurred so many occasions prior to now, the fortieth transfer proved to be jinxed but once more as Liren misplaced a pawn. The Chinese language both underestimated Gukesh’s probabilities or it was an oversight. Regardless of the benefit, Gukesh nonetheless needed to undergo the technicalities, which has not been his forte right here.

Gukesh’s forty fifth transfer was not the very best and Liren slowly clawed again into the sport with some actually resourceful play.

The tenacity of the Chinese language got here to the fore within the second time management additionally after he was left with simply 4 minutes with a 30-second increment after every transfer is made.

Gukesh, who would have fancied his probabilities after the primary time management, needed to cut up the purpose after all of the pawns have been traded and he was left with a lone bishop.

The strikes: D Gukesh vs Ding Liren

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.c4 c6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.0–0 0–0 7.Re1 dxc4 8.e4 Bg4 9.Nbd2 c5 10.d5 e6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 exd5 13.exd5 Nbd7 14.Nxc4 b5 15.Na3 Qb6 16.Bf4 Rfe8 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Nc2 Nf8 19.b4 c4 20.Be3 Qa6 21.Bd4 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Qxa2 23.Ra1 Qb3 24.Ra3 Qb1+ 25.Kg2 Rd7 26.Ra5 Qb3 27.Ra3 Qb1 28.Ra5 Qb3 29.Rxb5 Qd3 30.Qf4 Qxc2 31.Bxf6 Qf5 32.Qxf5 gxf5 33.Bxg7 Kxg7 34.Rc5 Ng6 35.Rxc4 Ne5 36.Rd4 Nc6 37.Rf4 Ne7 38.b5 Kf6 39.Rd4 h6 40.Kf1 Ke5 41.Rh4 Nxd5 42.Rxh6 Nc3 43.Rc6 Ne4 44.Ke1 f6 45.h4 Rd3 46.Bd1 f4 47.gxf4+ Kxf4 48.Bc2 Rd5 49.Rc4 f5 50.Rb4 Kf3 51.Bd1+ Kg2 52.Rb3 Re5 53.f4 Re7 54.Re3 Rh7 55.h5 Nf6 56.Re5 Nxh5 57.Rxf5 Ng3 58.Rf8 Rb7 59.Ba4 Kf3 60.f5 Kf4 61.f6 Ne4 62.Bc2 Nd6 63.Rd8 Ke5 64.Bb3 Nf7 65.Rd5+ Kxf6 66.Kd2 Rb6 67.Bc4 Rd6 68.Kc3 Rxd5 69.Bxd5 Nd6 70.Kb4 Nxb5 71.Kxb5 a6+ 72.Kxa6 recreation drawn.