Ding Liren v Gukesh Dommaraju: World Chess Championship Game 14 – live updates

Ding and Gukesh face off with world title in balanceBest-of-14-games championship all square at 6½-6½Game 13: Ding hangs on in nerve-shredding drawPlay through 22 famous world championship gamesAnother opening surprise from Gukesh. Ding thinks for 13 minutes before playing 7 c4. Black initiates a trade of knights (7...Nxd4 8 Qxd4) before threatening white’s queen with 8...Nc6.“It’s a surprise from Gukesh, but it’s also a very risky one,” the Hungarian grandmaster Peter Leko says on Chess24’s broadcast. “I don’t believe black can play like this if he’s not super-prepared. One inaccuracy and you can end up in a lot of trouble.” Continue reading...

Ding Liren v Gukesh Dommaraju: World Chess Championship Game 14 – live updates

Another opening surprise from Gukesh. Ding thinks for 13 minutes before playing 7 c4. Black initiates a trade of knights (7...Nxd4 8 Qxd4) before threatening white’s queen with 8...Nc6.

“It’s a surprise from Gukesh, but it’s also a very risky one,” the Hungarian grandmaster Peter Leko says on Chess24’s broadcast. “I don’t believe black can play like this if he’s not super-prepared. One inaccuracy and you can end up in a lot of trouble.”

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