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Welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE coverage of the D. Gukesh vs Ding Liren World Chess Championship 2024 Game 6. This is Mayank taking you through all the live updates.
D. GUKESH VS DING LIREN INTERACTIVE BOARD, GAME 6:
Ding wanted to repeat moves and head for a draw but Gukesh says not today. He moves his queen h4 — although this is objectively not the best move.
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Gukesh denies queen trade after thinking for a while. Onus now on Ding.
Ding is looking to exchange his queen for the second time in two moves. Is he repeating? Is he looking to go into rook endgame?
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Ding uses 43 minutes to play his 21st move. He chops off Gukesh’s pawn on c6.
And Ding is still thinking… He has used almost 20 minutes and is yet to play the 21st move.
1. d4 Nf6
2. Bf4 d5
3. e3 e6
4. Nf3 c5
5. c3 Bd6
6. Bb5+ Nc6
7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Bxd6 Qxd6
9. Qa4 O-O
10. Qa3 Ne4
11. Nfd2 e5
12. Nxe4 dxe4
13. Qxc5 Qg6
14. Nd2 Qxg2
15. O-O-O Qxf2
16. dxe5 Rb8
17. Nc4 Be6
18. Rd2 Qf3
19. Re1 Bxc4
20. Qxc 4Qf5
So all the minor pieces are traded and this is heading to an rook endgame with Queen still on the board.
Gukesh is spending a lot of time thinking out for his moves which resulted in him conceding a 40 minute time edge to Ding.
Ding’s 16th move — d takes e5 is a novelty and after Gukesh’s rook to b8 and Ding’s Knight to c5, the India is made to think hard for his next move.
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Wow, the game is moving fast. White has a knight for Black’s light-squared bishop. Ding also long castled while Gukesh went for the standard short castle on the queen side.
1. d4 Nf6
2. Bf4 d5
3. e3 e6
4. Nf3 c5
5. c3 Bd6
6. Bb5+ Nc6
7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Bxd6 Qxd6
9. Qa4 O-O
10. Qa3 Ne4
11. Nfd2 e5
12. Nxe4 dxe4
13. Qxc5 Qg6
14. Nd2 Qxg2
15. O-O-O Qxf2
Both players are blitzing out moves and look well in their opening preparation.
Ding then develops his bishop by playing it to f4 from c file. The match then proceeds to London System after Gukesh’s fourth move c5.
Ding starts with 1.d4 and Gukesh answers with Knight to f3.
The World Chess Championship match will consist of 14 classical games. Each game will adhere to a time control of 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the remainder of the game, with a 30-second increment per move starting from move 41.
The 2024 World Chess Championship match between D. Gukesh and Ding Liren consists of 14 games. The first player to score 7.5 points will be crowned the World Champion. If the match ends in a tie after all 14 games, a tiebreak will be held the following day to determine the winner.
World Chess Championship LIVE: Catch all the live updates of D. Gukesh vs Ding Liren FIDE Chess World Championship Game 5 being played at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore on Saturday.
Game 1 – November 25, 2024 – Ding Liren beat Gukesh
Game 2 – November 26, 2024 – Round ended in a draw
Game 3 – November 27, 2024 – Gukesh beat Ding Liren
Rest Day – November 28, 2024 – Thursday
Game 4 – November 29, 2024 – Round ended in a draw
Game 5 – November 30, 2024 – Round ended in a draw
Game 6 – December 1, 2024 – Sunday
Rest Day – December 2, 2024 – Monday
Game 7 – December 3, 2024 – Tuesday
Game 8 – December 4, 2024 – Wednesday
Game 9 – December 5, 2024 – Thursday
Rest Day – December 6, 2024 – Friday
Game 10 – December 7, 2024 – Saturday
Game 11 – December 8, 2024 – Sunday
Game 12 – December 9, 2024 – Monday
Rest Day – December 10, 2024 – Tuesday
Game 13 – December 11, 2024 – Wednesday
Game 14 – December 12, 2024 – Thursday
Tie-breaks (If needed) – December 13, 2024 – Wednesday
Where to watch the D. Gukesh vs Ding Liren World Chess Championship 2024 matches?
The World Chess Championship 2024 match between Gukesh and Ding will be streamed on FIDE social media handles (YouTube, Twitch), Chess.com social media handles (YouTube, Twitch) etc.
You can follow all the live action, commentary, moves and live chess board widgets on Sportstar’s daily match blog.
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the World Chess Championship, where India’s D. Gukesh will take on reigning champion China’s Ding Liren in Game 6 at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore on Sunday.
After five rounds, the World Championship series is tied of 2.5-2.5.
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