The 18-year-old defeated Ding Liren of China to become the youngest ever world chess champion, capping a fabulous year in which he has hardly put a foot wrong wherever he has shown up to compete.
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India’s D Gukesh wins World Chess Championship, ends trophy drought
Before the game, both grandmasters were tied at 6.5 points each and needed a victory to win the championship. A tie would have sent the two to tie breakers.
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Things turned upside down when Liren went for completing his development and missed out on a simple manoeuvre that would have probably given the defending champion slightly better prospects.
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The two players signed peace after 54 moves. While Friday is a rest day, Gukesh and Liren will play game 10 on Saturday.
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The drawn match left both the players on an identical tally of 4 points each, still shy of 3.5 points in order to win the championship.
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World Chess Championship: D Gukesh squanders advantage, settles for draw in Game 7
Earlier in the day, Gukesh yet again tightened the noose in the opening. He has clearly been the better player when it came to springing surprises at the start. Moving his knight forward on the first move, the Indian faced the Neo-Grunfeld defense from Liren, and as early as in the seventh turn, Gukesh came up with a surprise idea.
