D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11:
World Champion Ding Liren and challenger D Gukesh will play their eleventh game of the World Chess Championship 2024 Final in Singapore on Sunday.
At the end of 10 games of the 14-game series, the summit clash stands tied at 5 points each.
Game 10 of the match on Saturday, finished in another draw as the finalists shook hands to share the spoils of the battle at the end of the board.
Liren initially took the lead in the summit clash as he defied the odds to triumph on the first time of asking in Game 1, before maintaining his lead with a draw in Game 2.
Gukesh, however, clawed his way back into the final with a win in Game 3 to restore parity in the championship encounter.
Games 4 through 10 have all finished in a draw as the 34-year-old and the teenager stand tied at five points each in the final that requires a player to secure 7.5 points in order to clinch the championship.
How Will The Title Be Decided?
For a player to be crowned the champion, one would need a total of 7.5 games from the total of 14 games. A win results in one point, a draw entitles 0.5 and a loss is 0 points respectively. If the match ends in a tie after all 14 games, a tiebreak will be held the following day to determine the winner.
This year’s tournament marks the first time in 138 years that two Asian players will be pitted against each other in the summit clash, with a prize money of USD 2.5 million going to the winner.
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D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: The Final So Far!
Game 1: Ding Liren Beat D Gukesh (1-0)
Game 2: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (1.5-0.5)
Game 3: D Gukesh Beat Ding Liren (1.5-1.5)
Game 4: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (2-2)
Game 5: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (2.5-2.5)
Game 6: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (3-3)
Game 7: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (3.5-3.5)
Game 8: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (4-4)
Game 9: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (4.5-4.5)
Game 10: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (5-5)
D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Into The Final Stretch
Game 10 finishes in a draw, much like the six games preceding it.
The tie has been in the balance ever since Gukesh fought his way back to parity in Game 3, after Liren had upset the punters with an opening game victory to stun the world as the odds were stacked heavily against the Chinese champion heading into the summit clash.
D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Into The Final Stretch
Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the World Chess Championship 2024 between Ding Liren and D Gukesh.
With the match in the balance at 5 points each after the conclusion of 10 games, we head into the final stretch of the 14-game series when Game 11 gets underway in Singapore on Sunday.
The board will begin at 2:30 PM IST!
