TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 (12)
Ding scores a crushing win against Gukesh to level the World Championship match at 6-6
Mark Crowther - Monday 9th December 2024
Ding wins game 12. Photo © FIDE taken from their press release. | https://worldchampionship.fide.com
Ding Liren won game 12 of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore and immediately leveled the match up after his loss yesterday.
Ding had the white pieces and again we had a very sharp flank opening after Gukesh chose 4...d4. There are certainly safer ways to play. What we saw was an unbalanced English where Gukesh made a number of concessions until he was busted by move 23. 13...Rb8?!, 16...Nd7?! and the losing move 22...Bg5? were the key moments. It only slowly dawned on Ding that his position was "much, much better" after 23.Nf4, when Gukesh felt it necessary to play 23...Bxf4, losing all the dark squares on the board, the game was as good as over, and Ding didn't make any mistakes.
Ding played pretty well, Gukesh was a little inaccurate, there were no outrageous errors, just some small miscalculations, and the position was suddenly overwhelming for Ding. There's a rest day tomorrow, and then just two games to go before a potential day of rapid and maybe blitz tie-breaks.
Ding 6 - Gukesh 6
Rest day Tuesday 10th Dec
Game 13 Gukesh-Ding Wednesday 11th December.
World Chess Championships Ding Liren vs Gukesh D Round 12
| WCh Singapore SIN | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gukesh, D | - | Ding, Liren | 0-1 | 42 | C11 | French Defence |
| Ding, Liren | - | Gukesh, D | ½-½ | 23 | C50 | Giuoco Piano |
| Gukesh, D | - | Ding, Liren | 1-0 | 37 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game |
| Ding, Liren | - | Gukesh, D | ½-½ | 42 | A06 | Zukertort Opening |
| Gukesh, D | - | Ding, Liren | ½-½ | 40 | C01 | French Exchange |
| Ding, Liren | - | Gukesh, D | ½-½ | 46 | A45 | Trompowsky |
| Gukesh, D | - | Ding, Liren | ½-½ | 72 | D78 | Gruenfeld 3.g3 |
| Ding, Liren | - | Gukesh, D | ½-½ | 51 | A21 | English Opening |
| Gukesh, D | - | Ding, Liren | ½-½ | 54 | E00 | Catalan |
| Ding, Liren | - | Gukesh, D | ½-½ | 36 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game |
| Gukesh, D | - | Ding, Liren | 1-0 | 29 | A09 | Reti Opening |
| Ding, Liren | - | Gukesh, D | 1-0 | 39 | A13 | Reti Opening |
| WCh Singapore (SIN), 25xi-13 xii 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Ti | NAT | Rtng | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total | Perf |
| Ding, Liren | g | CHN | 2728 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | . | . | 6 | 2783 |
| Gukesh, D | g | IND | 2783 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | . | . | 6 | 2728 |
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