India’s D Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren played out a draw in the seventh round of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore on Tuesday

The seventh game of World Chess Championship between India's D Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren of China ended in a draw on Tuesday.

Gukesh has the uncanny ability to shut his eyes firmly yet maintain focus and concentration. He was seen doing this quite a lot in game 7 of the 2024 World Chess Championship against his opponent, Ding Liren.

At 5 hours and 20 minutes, this was the longest game of the match so far between Gukesh and Ding Liren at the 2024 World Chess Championship.

Youngest-ever challenger D Gukesh settles for a draw against defending champion Ding Liren in a marathon World Chess Championship game.

In the seventh game of the World Chess Championship, defending champion Ding Liren of China and Indian challenger D Gukesh fought for over five hours, ending in a draw after 72 moves. Despite Gukesh gaining an early advantage,

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In January 2019, 12-year-old D Gukesh declared his dream... fast-forward six years and the Chennai-born chess prodigy has become the youngest player ever to qualify for the FIDE World Chess Championship.

Despite being a draw, Game 6 threw up plenty of questions, as Gukesh opted to reject the offer of a draw when in a weaker position against Ding. The Chinese world champion continued on without pressing for the win,