Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh paid dearly for unwarranted issues within the center recreation, permitting defending champion Ding Liren of China to clinch the opening recreation of the World Chess Championship in Singapore on Monday (November 25, 2024).
The 18-year-old Gukesh, who’s the youngest ever challenger for the world championship crown, got here up with an early shock within the opening by pushing his king pawn ahead.
It’s a transfer that symbolises attacking intentions and the Chinese language selected the French protection to fight the scenario.
The road chosen by Gukesh was just like what the legendary Viswanathan Anand picked in his first world championship-winning contest towards Alexei Shirov of Spain in 2001.
The selection of transfer had sufficient affect as Liren spent lots of time within the opening that was most likely not anticipated by any skilled of the sport.
By the twelfth transfer, Gukesh had a half hour benefit on the clock however eight strikes later, Liren had a few additional minutes to boast off on his clock, giving a transparent indication that he had gotten out of his opening issues and had a good center recreation readily available.
The 32-year-old Chinese language displayed peak kind after that as Gukesh’s center recreation crumbled. The classical recreation lasted 42 strikes.
(with PTI inputs)
Revealed – November 25, 2024 06:56 pm IST
