FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 Singapore Live Updates, Gukesh D vs Ding Liren: The first game of the Gukesh vs Ding Liren World Chess Championship battle saw the world champion claim victory with black pieces against the 18-year-old from India.
The first game saw some wild drama with Gukesh finding himself in deep time trouble by the 33rd move. Gukesh needed to make seven moves in 45 seconds to escape losing on time. He made his 40th move with one second left on the clock! But reaching time control and getting additional time has only delayed the inevitable. Gukesh is already down two pawns.
The game has started with with the Chinese world champion trying to catch his young challenger off guard with a French Defence early on. But, when Gukesh responded in the blink of an eye, Ding spent over 25 minutes in on his seventh move, to fall nearly half an hour behind the Indian prodigy. At some stage, Gukesh had almost 50 more minutes compared to Ding Liren on the clock. But Ding managed to complete change that equation around by the time the endgame approached.
Gukesh started the first game with white pieces against Ding Liren. After 22 moves, the evaluation bar shows that Ding Liren has the upper hand, a remarkable turnaround from a point where he was down almost 50 minutes.
There is history on the line as the 18-year-old Gukesh, takes on Ding Liren in a 14-game battle royale called the World Chess Championship. It’s a match that has been billed as the battle between the ‘Indian tiger and the Chinese dragon’ by FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich.
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