Indian teenager Gukesh D takes a 6-5 lead in the Chess World Championship, defeating Ding Liren in Game 11 after a dramatic time scramble.
Indian teenager Gukesh D has taken a 6-5 lead the ChesIndians World Championship match, winning game 11 in Singapore as Ding Liren blundered under time pressure. The decisive result breaks a seven-game series of draws
Gukesh put Ding into time trouble almost immediately, and ultimately it
Gukesh D beat defending world chess champion Ding Liren in a frantic time scramble in Singapore, taking the lead 11 games into their 14-game match to crown a new champion.
The 18-year-old rising star from India and China’s top player had been deadlocked during a series of seven consecutive draws heading into Sunday’s game.
Taking the lead, particularly so late in the contest, could prove decisive for Gukesh. Ding will be forced to take considerable risks in the remaining three games, as he must win one of them to stay alive.
Both players looked uncomfortable within the first 10 moves on Sunday. This is unusual because top players very often play memorized and pre-prepared series of moves early in games.
Players have a total of 2 hours each to make their first 40 moves.
Ding, playing with black, had burned more than an hour of his time within the first half dozen moves, falling far behind Gukesh on the clock.
But a few moves later, when Ding found a solid defensive idea, Gukesh took almost exactly an hour thinking about how best to respond in a single position.
Having used well over half their time for one quarter of their moves in the opening phase, time pressure tortured both players for the remainder of the chess world championship game
