‘A game costs more now than before’: Gukesh after tie in 10th game
Ding Liren and Di Gukesh in action during World Chess Championship match 10. (FIDE/Eng Chin An)
At the World Championship, current crown wearer Ding Liren and daring teenage challenger D Gukesh, engage in several dangerous activities. The Jenga Tower of the World Chess Championship is becoming increasingly unstable each time one more game ends in a tie and both players find themselves level on points. And with this, players are playing more cautiously to avoid defeat.
Surprisingly, for the seventh consecutive match at the 2024 World Chess Championship, Gukesh and Ding Liren agreed to a draw.
After Saturday’s draw of 36 moves, the possibility of a tiebreak seems to be increasing. 10 games into this duel, both players are deadlocked on five points each. If there is no player who has the advantage after four more games, the match goes to a tie-break, which is played in a quick format. It would clearly suit Ding Liren, who beat Ian Nepomniacchi in a rapid tiebreak last year to be crowned world champion in the first place.
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