The final of the World Chess Championship is being played in Singapore between D Gukesh of India and Ding Liren of China.
The 13th game has been drawn between Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh and China's defending champion Ding Liren. Now both scores are 6.5-6.5. In the 13th game of the World Chess Championship on Wednesday, Gukesh had to play a draw after 68 moves.
Gukesh and Liren playing with white pieces have only one game of classical chess left. which will be played today. If there is no result even after the 14th match, the tie breaker will be decided. In which the winner will be decided by short time bets.
After the game was drawn, both players shook hands.
Consent to a draw after 68 moves Both players agreed to a draw after 68 moves. The 32-year-old Liren won the first game while the 18-year-old Gukesh won the third game to equalize. After this both Grandmasters played seven consecutive draws.
In the game, 18-year-old Gukesh attempted a 'King Pawn' move in his opening move and again faced Liren's favorite 'French defence'. As the match progressed, it became clear that the match would be a draw.
Gukesh won the 11th game, Liren made a comeback in the 12th game Gukesh led 6-5 after 11 games until Sunday. 8 out of 11 games were drawn, while Gukesh won 2 and Liren won 1. But Liren came back to win the 12th game to even the score again. A player must reach 7.5 points to become the champion.
China's Ding Liren thinks about his moves during the match.
If he wins, Gukesh will become the youngest world champion If Indian star Gukesh wins this final, he will become the youngest world chess champion. Gukesh is now 18 years old. Earlier, Gukesh won the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament at the age of 17. He also became the youngest player to win.
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