D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, World Chess Championship Live: Odds stacked against Gukesh in decisive Game 14

On Wednesday in his 31st ove, Gukesh hopped his knight (doing 31.Ne4 instead of 31.Rxe8+), and it turned out to be an error. The e4 square at that stage was a lethal area for the knight to be on. Even when Gukesh did 31.Ne3, Ding was still in trouble and only eight minutes to make 10 moves. On noticing it, DIng looked in dismay and spent minutes. He said, “When I saw that move, I almost gave up. I didn’t find any move to survive, to stay in the game! But in the end, I found a nice resource!”

He played 31 Rf8 to get out of that situation. If Gukesh would have played a little differently, things would have been different.

According to Carlsen, Gukesh’s best move in the game was when he played Bishop f4 in his 22nd move. “This was clearly Gukesh’s best moment of the game. This is where he shines, finding these unexpected tactical resources. You may, you may think that this is not difficult at all since it’s a double attack, but I would say this was a, this was a very good find from him,” said Carlsen.

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Speaking about Gukesh’s performance on the Take Take Take app, Carlsen said, “He didn’t have a single moment in the game where there was any risk to his position at all. So I think anybody practically would try and win in this situation, you know, he did his job very well for a long time.”

“He found a nice idea and the French defence he put staying under a lot of pressure, and with a combination of skill and luck, Ding managed to managed to hold twitches, which was a quite likely outcome. I think Gukesh did a lot of things right,” he added.

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Gukesh’s opening moves in this match has been good and it was evident yesterday. Ding will need to be in his best form to dislodge the Indian today!

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Since turning the world champion, Ding has found it hard to build on his form and also has been dealing ith mental health problems. He didn’t participate in any tournament for months and once when he made his return, he failed to live up to the billing. He became world champion when his rating was 1788, but its now down to 2728 and he has collapsed to no. 23 in the world rankings.

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Gukesh is in his best form when on the front foot, and he has a good chance to remove Ding from hi throne. It’s a winner take all contest in which Ding has advantage of starting with white, and the knowledge that he is on paper.

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Ding Liren is Chinese grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. He is a three-time Chinese Chess Champion, and winner of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour. He is the first Chinese player to ever play in a Candidates Tournament and pass the 2800 Elo mark. In July 2023, he became the No. 1 rapid player with a rating of 2830.

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: D Gukesh is the third-youngest grandmaster in history, the third-youngest to reach a chess rating of 2700, the youngest to get a rating of 2750, and is the eighteenth-highest rated player in history with a peak rating of 2795.

He is also the youngest Candidates Tournament winner and youngest contender to compete at the World C’ship.

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: The match will be live streamed on the FIDE’s social media handles (YouTube, Twitch), as well as the social media handles (YouTube, Twitch) of chess.com. It will not be telecast on any TV channel in India.

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Gukesh has made it clear that he is not fazed by it one bit. “This is something every chess player wants to experience, and I have the chance. I’ll enjoy it and give it my best. Whatever the outcome is, I’ll enjoy it,” Gukesh had said in the press conference after Game 13.

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: After 13 games, the score is tied at 6.5-6.5. So why is it that Ding has the slight advantage? Well, it’s because of the fact that he will be playing with white pieces today, which is always an adavantage. Secondly, he forced a draw in Game 13 with black pieces despite being behind for much of it, which adds up to an obvious psychological advantage. Finally, if this game is a draw, then Ding is, at least on paper, the better player in the shorter formats of the sport which is what will be used for tie-breakers.

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: It is all square, with Ding Liren having the slight advantage as he will be on white in this final game. This is a match that has lived up to its billing as a world title decider and it promises to come to either a fitting conclusion today or continue into the tie-breakers. Stay tuned for more updates!