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D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE Updates: Queens Exchanged, D Gukesh With 1 Extra Pawn vs Ding Liren
D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 Game 14 LIVE Updates: The winner takes all in the 14th and final game of the championship.
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- Updated:December 12, 2024 05:09 pm IST
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D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren, FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE Updates: It is a winner takes all in the 14th and final round of the World Chess Championship 2024 between India's G Gukesh and China's Ding Liren. Both finalists have won two games each, with the rest being draws. Gukesh aims to become the first Indian World Chess Champion since Viswanathan Anand, who last won in 2012. However, the odds are against him, as he has started with black pieces in the final game. Should the game stay a tie, Gukesh and Ding Liren will battle it out for the crown in a tiebreaker on Friday, December 13.
Here are the LIVE Updates of World Chess Championship 2024 Match 14 between D Gukesh and Ding Liren -
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- 16:43 (IST)D Gukesh vs Ding Liren LIVE: Pieces are equal -Two Rooks, one Bishop and four pawns that is what both the players have at the moment.Nf3 d5g3 c5Bg2 Nc6d4 e6O-O cxd4Nxd4 Nge7c4 Nxd4Qxd4 Nc6Qd1 d4e3 bc5exd4 Bxd4Nc3 O-ONb5 Bb6b3 a6Nc3 Bd4Bb2 e5Qd2 Be6Nd5 b5cxb5 axb5Nf4 exf4Bxc4 Bxb2Qxb2 Rb8Rfd1 Qb6
- 16:21 (IST)D Gukesh vs Ding Liren LIVE: Here is the 18th move -This has turned out to be a really good game. It's a neck-and-neck battle between D Gukesh and Ding Liren. It seems both are not looking for a draw at the moment and the board currently looks quite complicated after the 18th move - Nd5 b5.
- 16:01 (IST)D Gukesh vs Ding Liren LIVE: Good move this is!D Gukesh now plays with his pawn. An 16 move it is after Ding Liren played b3.Have a look at all the moves so far -Starting from here -Nf3 d5g3 c5Bg2 Nc6d4 e6O-O cxd4Nxd4 Nge7c4 Nxd4Qxd4 Nc6Qd1 d4e3 bc5exd4 Bxd4Nc3 O-ONb5 Bb6b3 a6
- 15:21 (IST)D Gukesh vs Ding Liren LIVE: Ding makes his move!After spending a lot of time thinking, Ding Liren has made his move. He has taken a pawn of D Gukesh that was being a hindrance. Gukesh doesn't take much time to make his next move as he has taken that white pawn of Ding Liren with his Bishop. Here are the moves - exd4 and Bxd4.
- 14:55 (IST)D Gukesh vs Ding Liren LIVE: Decent move from Ding!D Gukesh's another Knight was posing a threat for Ding Liren's Queen so the latter has pulled it back to d4. Not a bad move this is from Liren, especially when you don't want to play level by sacrificing your Queen for a Queen. Have a look at the moves so far -Start from here -Nf3 d5g3 c5Bg2 Nc6d4 e6O-O cxd4Nxd4 Nge7c4 Nxd4Qxd4 Nc6Qd1 d4
- 14:50 (IST)D Gukesh vs Ding Liren LIVE: Ding makes his next move!c4 is the move Ding Liren goes ahead with after a lot of thinking. And D Gukesh jumps in with his Knight. A Knight exchange takes place. Ding gets his Queen into the act for the last move and Gukesh now forces him to take his Queen back by jumping his another Knight.
- 14:44 (IST)D Gukesh vs Ding Liren LIVE: Ding taking his time!Ding Liren has jumped out well with the Knight. He is also trying to clear the route for his Queen to come into the act as soon as possible. It is Ding at the moment who is taking time in making his next move. Till now, Ding has taken 10 extra minutes for his move.
- 14:07 (IST)D Gukesh vs Ding Liren LIVE: Results so farHere is a recap of the results of the World Chess Championship 2024 so far (Game 1-13):Game 1: Liren WINGame 2: DrawGame 3: Gukesh WINGame 4: DrawGame 5: DrawGame 6: DrawGame 7: DrawGame 8: DrawGame 9: DrawGame 10: DrawGame 11: Gukesh WINGame 12: Liren WinGame 13: Draw
- 13:50 (IST)D Gukesh vs Ding Liren LIVE: 2 games won eachBoth Gukesh and Liren have won two games each. Liren won the first game, but Gukesh clawed back the deficit by winning the third. Then, Gukesh took the advantage by winning Game 11, but lost it all as Liren won Game 12. All the rest have been draws.
- 13:40 (IST)D Gukesh vs Ding Liren LIVE: Know more!But want to know where he hails from, how he mastered his craft, and his other records? Here's ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW about Gukesh D, in a report by NDTV.
- 13:38 (IST)D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren LIVE: What a year for Gukesh!What a 2024 this has been for Gukesh. He won the Candidates Tournament, that got him a place in the final. He then helped India script history at the Chess Olympiad, helping the nation win its first-ever gold. Now, will he complete the treble?
- 13:28 (IST)Gukesh vs Liren, World Chess C'ship: The story so far -Indian challenger D Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren of China played out a draw in the 13th game of the World Chess Championship to remain level on points here on Wednesday. The drawn match left Gukesh, playing white, and Liren on an identical tally of 6.5 points each, still shy of one point in order to win the championship. The two players signed peace after 69 moves. The 32-year-old Liren had won the opening game, while the 18-year-old Gukesh had emerged victorious in the third game to draw level. The two Grandmasters then played seven consecutive draws before Gukesh broke the deadlock in the 11th game to take a 6-5 lead but Liren drew level in the 12th game by shocking the Indian.
- 13:18 (IST)Welcome folks!13 matches done and we still don't have a winner. This is still anyone's game. Hello guys, welcome to the live blog of the 14th match of World Chess Championship 2024 that is taking place between India's D Gukesh and China's Ding Liren. Stay connected for all the updates.
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