World Chess Championship: The stalemate continues as Gukesh fails to press Ding in game 9

GM Gukesh Dommaraju found himself in a promising position in the ninth game, allowing world champion Ding Liren to exit with a draw and the 2024 FIDE World Championship ending with just five games to go in a 4.5-4.5 draw. The players will now have a rest day on Friday before Ding will have white in two of the next three games when action begins again on Saturday.

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Game ten begins Saturday, December 7, at 4:00 AM ET / 10:00 AM CET / 2:30 PM IST / 5:00 PM local time in Singapore.

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At the end of the game, only Ding had little chance of pushing for victory, but in the end the fight didn’t last long.

Giri is a little disappointed that we didn’t get to see a rook endgame fight, as game 9 of the world championship game ends in a 54-move draw with naked kings! #DingGukesh pic.twitter.com/7bqFelhtjx

— chess24 (@chess24com) December 5, 2024

GM Rafael Leitao will analyze game nine of the game below.

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The 2024 FIDE World Championship in Singapore will decide the next world champion. 18-year-old Indian challenger Gukesh Dommaraju takes on defending Chinese champion Ding Liren in a 14-game match, with the former winning by 7.5 points. The players have two hours to make 40 moves, then 30 minutes until the end of the game, from move 41 onwards 30 seconds are added for each move. The prize fund is $2,500,000, of which $200,000 is for a win and the remaining money is divided equally. In the event of a tie of 7:7, a playoff will take place, starting with four games of 15+10 rapid chess.

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