FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, Game 13 Singapore Live Updates, Gukesh D vs Ding Liren: For the third time in the 2024 World Chess Championship, Ding Liren has resorted to the French Defence after Gukesh started with 1.e4. Gukesh had lost the first game of the world championship after failing to break down the Chinese world champion’s French Defence.
Ding spent 17 minutes on move 7, and then 37 minutes on his 8th move after Gukesh played 8.Be3. After just eight moves from Gukesh, Ding Liren is already down about 54 minutes on the clock compared to Gukesh. The Indian teenager meanwhile has spent just 55 seconds on his 8 moves.
INTERACTIVE: Game 13 between Gukesh and Ding Liren
You can check out the move by move action from Game 13 between Gukesh and Ding Liren and also play along in the interactive below when the game starts. For all our live updates in real time, scroll down.
The prospect of tiebreakers deciding the fate of the 2024 World Chess Championship appear to be very realistic with world champion Ding Liren and the 18-year-old Indian challenger Gukesh tied on six points each after 12 games.
India’s Gukesh is playing his final game with white pieces today at least in the classical section. Ding then plays with white tomorrow in Game 14.
Both players have two more games, including today’s Game 13, to decide the contest in classical chess. If that is not possible, the battle will head into the faster time controls and be decided on Friday.
In the tiebreakers, Ding Liren will be a significant favourite to retain his World Chess Championship title, as we explain.
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