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Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a third successive draw in the sixth game of their world championship showdown on Sunday in Singapore, as the Indian teenager fought back from a questionable decision to refuse an early draw from an inferior position to negotiate a bloodless result after 46 moves over more than four hours.
Ding, the 32-year-old champion from China, played a new first move (1 d4) for the third time in three games with the favored white pieces, opting for the en vogue London System and creating structural imbalances early by doubling black’s pawns on the c-file. It was the same opening he deployed in Game 6 of his world title match with Ian Nepomniachtchi last year.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/01/chess-world-championship-gukesh-ding-game-6-updates
Author : Bryan Armen Graham
Publish date : 2024-12-01 13:37:07
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