Liren's White matches
The New Indian Express Tadepalligudem
|December 12, 2024
One of the quickest draws so far, just 23 moves. The world champion had a miniscule advantage but didn't push;
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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.
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