NEW DELHI: Within the 10th recreation of the World Chess Championship match between defending champion Ding Liren of China and challenger D Gukesh of India, the sport resulted in a draw with out a lot pleasure.
It was a comparatively simple recreation for Gukesh with the black items, as Liren performed the London system opening and took no dangers, seemingly content material with a drawn consequence.
The draw was the seventh consecutive and eighth total within the match, leaving each gamers tied at 5 factors every. With simply 4 classical video games remaining within the $2.5 million prize cash championship, neither participant has but secured the 7.5 factors wanted to win the title outright.
If the match ends in a tie after 14 rounds, quicker time management video games will decide the winner.
Liren, 32, received the opening recreation, whereas Gukesh, 18, emerged victorious within the third recreation. Within the 10th recreation, Liren continued with the London system, leading to a symmetrical pawn construction. Gukesh opted to not press exhausting from an equal place as Black.
The sport shortly headed in the direction of a draw as Liren went for a collection of exchanges, together with the queens. Each gamers had been obliged to play 40 strikes earlier than agreeing to a draw, as per the contract.
After buying and selling the final remaining rooks and knights, a pure bishops endgame emerged, with neither aspect having any successful possibilities.
With 4 video games remaining, the main target shifts to Gukesh to take the initiative within the subsequent recreation. Liren’s plan has labored thus far, and Gukesh has matched him move-for-move, defying many specialists’ predictions of a one-sided contest.
Strikes in Recreation 10: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Be2 Bd6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.c4 0–Zero 8.0–Zero Nc6 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nh5 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Ne4 Nf6 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.Rac1 Be8 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Kf1 Kg7 20.a3 f5 21.Ke1 Kf6 22.Be2 Ne7 23.g3 Rc8 24.Rxc8 Nxc8 25.Nd2 Nd6 26.Nc4 Nxc4 27.Bxc4 Bc6 28.f4 b6 29.Kd2 Ke7 30.Kc3 Kd6 31.b4 f6 32.Kd4 h6 33.Bb3 Bb7 34.Bc4 Bc6 35.Bb3 Bb7 36.Bc4 Bc6.
