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Liren's White matches
The New Indian Express Kochi
|December 12, 2024
Game 2: One of the quickest draws so far, just 23 moves. The world champion had a miniscule advantage but didn't push; Game 4: A draw from a mile away; Game 6: The Chinese had a small advantage throughout the game but it felt like something Gukesh always had under control; Game 8: Both players made mistakes when they had winning chances. Gukesh engineered a chance before almost giving it away; Game 10: Not a lot of action on the board as both players had an accuracy of over 98.5%; Game 12: Liren worked his way into the game from the opening and didn't allow his young opponent room to develop his pieces. He eventually enjoyed a dominating win.
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that. He preferred to keep playing in the hope of turning water into wine. But, finally, there was a three-fold repetition after more than 65 moves of quality chess. The jeopardy is now maximum and the margin of error zero with just one Classical game remaining. If last match doesn't see a decisive result, final will go into tie-breaks with shorter time controls on Friday.
This story is from the December 12, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express Kochi.
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