World Chess Championship HIGHLIGHTS Game 11: Gukesh beats Ding Liren to take a 6-5 lead

A Ding Liren blunder has now given the 18-year-old Indian a 6-5 lead in the contest with 3 games left to be played now.

6:19 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Gukesh wins Game 11 after Ding's blunder!!

Gukesh has finally won his 2nd game of the contest as Ding makes a blunder giving the Indian a precious 1 point in the 14-game contest.

6:13 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: 26 moves in!

Both players are left with less than 15 minutes to get to the 40-move mark in order to get that extra half an hour to them. The AI model is predicting a 50% chance now for Gukesh to win the game tonight as he thinks about his 27th move.

6:02 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Susan Polgar commenting on the game!

"The position got extremely sharp quite quickly. This is the most important game up to date in this world championship. In a position which requires accuracy, both sides are low on time. It has changed from a classical game to rapid. Sudden blunders may occur," American Chess grandmaster Susan Polgar wrote in another tweet.

5:49 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: 16 moves in!

We are 16 moves in the match with Gukesh still holding a slighter advantage in terms of winning the tie according to Leela Zero (AI model) prediction. However, there are more than 40% chances that we would get to witness another draw in the contest.

5:33 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: One hour for one move from Gukesh!

Gukesh took more than one hour to make his 11th move which saw him lost all the time advantage he had over Ding. Gukesh now has 26 minutes for 25 moves whereas Ding sits at 40 minutes.

1 Nf3 d5

2 c4 d4

3 b4 c5

4 e3 Nf6

5 a3 Bg4

6 exd4 cxd4

7 h3 Bxf3

8 Qxf3 Qc7

9 d3 a5

10 b5 Nbd7

12 Bg2 Nfd7

11 g3 Nc5

13 O-O Ne5

14 Qf4 Rd8

15 Rd1 g6

5:19 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Time gap diminishes!

With Gukesh too taking his time for his recent moves, the time gap advantage is now with no one as both players have around 40 minutes left for them to complete their 40 moves after which the time is extended by 30 minutes.

5:07 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Slow sailing!

With the game entering it's hlafway stage, both players are now taking time to decided their moves as we still have only 12 moves so far in the game.

4:30 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Was Gukesh sleeping?

A shot of Gukesh holding his face with his eyes closed made it seem that he was sleeping while waiting for Ding to play his move. However, the camera man focused on Gukesh's leg and we got to see that he was continously taping his feet while meditating and probably thinking about his next moves as well.

4:17 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Gukesh takes his time too!

With 10 moves in, Gukesh is now thinking ahead of his 11th move. Playing with white, Gukesh is sticking to his attacking style so far.

4:04 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Gukesh with a big time advantage!

Gukesh is now almost an hour up on Ding in terms of the time left. While it is a certain advantage to have, Ding is known to perform his best when he doesn't have much time as well making it an even affair eventually.

3:51 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: 10 moves in!

10 moves are in as Ding speeds up after losing a lot of time pondering over his 4th and 5th moves earlier.

1. Nf3 d5

2. c4 d4

3. b4 c5

4. e3 Nf6

5. a3 Bg4

6. exd4 cxd4

7. h3 Bxf3

8. Qxf3 Qc7

9. d3 a5

10. b5 Nbd7

3:41 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: 6 moves in!

Here is how the game has panned out so far after 6 moves in. Ding taking the most time to think for his moves as Gukesh moves ahead in terms of time left for the moves.

1. Nf3 d5

2. c4 d4

3. b4 c5

4. e3 Nf6

5. a3 Bg4

6. exd4 cxd4

7. h3

3:26 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Gukesh swift with his actions!

Ding finally comes up with his 4th move as Gukesh acts swiftly and plays a3 within 7 seconds

3:18 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: 30 minutes spent on move 4!

Ding has now spent half an hour on the 4th move as Gukesh is visibly tired of the delay.

3:07 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Ding taking his time

Ding is taking his time with the next mmove as Gukesh played e3 on the 4th move. An attacking start from both players.

2:55 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Both players ready for a battle!

Both players are not backing down from a fight as Ding too is in attacking mode with black. 3 moves in so far.

2:43 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Game begins!

The game has begun with Gukesh starting with Nf3. 

2:29 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Colour preferences!!

“I see each game as a normal one, obviously white has a slight edge. But these days the difference is even less because of all the lines the computer comes up with. I don’t really have a preference,” he said.

 

Ding, meanwhile, at a different press conference had a different zinger: "Sometimes I play with the white pieces like black."

2:13 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Game 11 to begin soon!

We are less than 15 minutes away from the action now as Gukesh and Ding hope to take a lead in the intense battle so far. 

2:06 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Story so far!

Game 1: Ding Liren beats Gukesh with black pieces

 

Game 2: Draw

 

Game 3: Gukesh beats Ding Liren with white

 

Rest Day - November 28

 

Game 4: Draw

 

Game 5: Draw

 

Game 6: Draw

 

Rest Day - December 2 

 

Game 7: Draw

 

Game 8: Draw

 

Game 9: Draw

 

Rest Day - December 6

 

Game 10: Draw

1:52 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: When will the tie breaks begin?

The tie-breaks are supposed to begin at 13th December if both sets of players settle for draws in the remaining games. They will be more rapid and could force mistakes from either of the players going into the business end of the championship.

1:39 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Ding rooting for tie-breaks?

With Ding Liren having a better chance in the tie breaks, it is being said that he is playing out the draws in order to take the game into the tie-breakers.

“It seems that Ding has found his groove and made his intention known. If Gukesh wants to win this match, he has to take chances to break the deadlock. Ding is happy to chill his way into the rapid and blitz playoffs,” said chess legend Susan Polgar.

1:26 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Gukesh and Ding treading cautiously!

Both players know the importance of the remaining games and will be cautious going ahead into the games now.

“Obviously the cost of one game now is higher than it was before. But my approach and goal are still the same: play a good game every time. If you think about it, it’s not that different. Even if the cost of losing the first game was not that high, I would not have wanted to lose that game,” said Gukesh.

 

“There’s not too much room for mistakes. Now we have to be careful with every move. A loss will be a very bad situation,” admitted Ding.

1:12 PM

World Chess Championship 2024 LIVE UPDATES: Gukesh and Ding clash again!

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the World Chess Championship 2024. Gukesh and Ding are set to clash again for Game 11 as the tie break is getting closer and closer with both players tied at 5 points each.