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WCC 2024 Round 14: Gukesh Becomes the Youngest World Champion in History
GM Gukesh D pressed a slightly better endgame for a long time against GM Ding Liren, who blundered u…
WCC 2024 Round 13: Gukesh Misses Some Chances As Ding Defends Tenaciously
GM Gukesh came close to winning against GM Ding Liren, but Ding defended well and the game ended in …
WCC 2024 Round 12: Prescient Ding Makes His Own Destiny
GM Ding Liren bounced back after yesterday's loss against GM Gukesh D with a very accurate game.
WCC 2024 Round 11: Ding Blunders a Piece in a Complicated Slugfest
After GM Gukesh D and GM Ding Liren played a fighting opening with a lot of twists and turns, Ding, …
WCC 2024 Round 10: A French-Like London
An interesting moment marked what was otherwise a very solid game from both GM Ding Liren and GM Guk…
WCC 2024 Round 9: A Moral Victory for Ding
GM Gukesh D went for a Catalan sideline, but GM Ding Liren successfully sidestepped the opening prep…
WCC 2024 Round 8: A Double Advantage English
GM Ding Liren played an enterprising English Opening against GM Gukesh D today, and after both sides…
Lichess Game of the Month: October '24
Crushing the Sicilian Defence with the Smith-Morra Gambit
WCC 2024 Round 6: Drawing the London...
GM Ding Liren returns to 1.d4, with the two players navigating near-perfectly a less common London t…
WCC 2024 Round 5: A Close Draw in the Exchange French
GM Ding Liren was applying pressure after GM Gukesh D played the Exchange French, but the game abrup…
WCC 2024 Round 4: Ding and Gukesh Play a Perfect Game
GM Ding Liren surprised GM Gukesh D with a rare variation, but both he and Gukesh played with 100% a…
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WCC 2024 Round 3: Gukesh Bounces Back After Trapping a Bishop
GM Gukesh D won a piece and converted his position against GM Ding Liren to tie up the match heading…
WCC 2024 Round 2: A Solid Draw With Many Positional Subtleties
After yesterday's thrill, GM Ding Liren and GM Gukesh D called it a day early on today as they repea…
WCC 2024 Round 1: Ding Liren Wins With the French Defense
GM Ding Liren won the first game of the 2024 World Chess Championship in what was a strong fighting …