THE two most dominant themes of the current chess World Championship were present on a nerveshredding Sunday. Ding Liren has had no problems getting into advantageous positions. He has enjoyed that throughout 2024 and in this title match with D Gukesh. His problem has been converting those gains into definitive wins. D Gukesh, like many of the young, daring elite players from India, likes to play for a win. Sometimes, even in a totally drawn position, he goes for glory.
In a bum-clenching game six when fingernails were chewed and other non-edibles were consumed, Gukesh and Liren exhibited their aforementioned traits. In the end, a draw, ironically by three-fold repetition after four hours and over 45 moves, was perhaps a fair result but it's a result both camps will rue as they both had chances to press at various points.
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A Siva temple associated with a game of chess
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WORKING AT THE TEMPLE OF JUSTICE
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TN go down to Karnataka
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Shah takes charge as youngest ICC Chair
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Liverpool beat City to extend lead
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