D Gukesh
Singapore. When young Indian chess player D Gukesh challenges China’s Ding Liren in the fourth game of the World Chess Championship on Friday after a day’s rest, his morale will be boosted by victory in the third game of this 14-game duel. . 18-year-old Gukesh performed brilliantly in the third round and registered his first win in this championship. There are still 11 games left in the championship that is played under classic time control. Earlier, Gukesh had to face defeat in the opening match, while the second match ended in a draw.
After three games, both players now have the same point and a half each. Gukesh, who faced defeat in the first match, has clearly raised the level of his game and shown better preparation. Liren had to bear the brunt of an error when counting the moves in the third game. He took a lot of time off during this period, which made things complicated for him. By the thirteenth move, Gukesh had a one-hour lead and had only spent four minutes. Liren had spent an hour and six minutes on the other side. There is no time extension for 40 moves in the first 120 minutes of the game. Liren was affected by the complexity of the match in the middle and Gukesh increased the pressure on him with precise movements.
Gukesh adopted the same strategy as former world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia against India’s Arjun Erigesi in a quick match. Erigesi narrowly escaped defeat by tying the match, while Gukesh took advantage of Liren’s simple mistakes to win. Liren had only two minutes left for the last nine moves and only 10 seconds for the last six moves. In the end he had no time left. After registering the victory playing with white pieces, Gukesh said in the press conference that he feels very good. I was happy with my game the last two days. He played better today. He looked good on the board and managed to defeat his opponent.
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