FOURTH GAME STALEMATE
The New Indian Express|November 30, 2024
Gukesh settles for a draw vs Ding; over to Game Five at World Chess Championships match
SWAROOP SWAMINATHAN
FOURTH GAME STALEMATE

HE scoreboard will tell you that the points from the fourth game were split. What it won't say was the way the fourth game almost ground to a halt after both players got out of the opening with just the dark-coloured bishops off the board among the heavy-hitting pieces here on Friday.

Even though the engine maintained a more or less drawn position, the tension was palpable inside the playing hall. If both players didn't play precise lines over the next few moves, the engines were giving a clear edge to one player.

That's why world champion Ding Liren, and D Gukesh, the youngest candidate in history at the World Chess Championship match, took their time. There was an imminent danger of a knife-fight over the board but both players wanted to lock the draw before broadening their horizons, if possible.

It kind of resulted in a Mexican standoff with both sides potentially staring down several heavy opposition pieces but without the necessary risk. It was a lot of war but without any of the shooting. At one point, one hour elapsed for just five moves across both players.

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