D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Highlights, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Challenger Takes Lead – News18

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Gukesh Leads Series!

Indian GM D Gukesh picked up a crucial win over defending champion Ding Lire in Game 11 of the World Chess Championship 2024 Final as the 32-year-old holder resigned to give Gukesh the win!

The Indian challenger Gukesh edges ahead of the Chinese champion Ding Liren for the very first time in the finals as he moves ahead of the holder with a slender 6-5 lead at the end of Game 11 in the 14-game series for the coveted title.

The championship battle continues on the 9th of December with Liren on white pieces and Gukesh on black pieces.

That’s all for the day! Thank you for joining us, see you tomorrow!

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Gukesh Wins!

GUKESH WINS GAME 11!

The Indian challenger kept a calm head to take advantage of a late-game blunder from the holder Liren.

The eleventh game belongs to Gukesh, who inches ahead in the finals with three games left to be played.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Flurry!

Onlookers are treated to a quick flurry of moves as we move towards the business end of the fixture.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Liren castles!

With just around 15 minutes on the timer remaining for both finalists, we witness a rapid exchange of moves.

Liren, who had opted against it up until now, decides to castle his King as he prepares for the defence of his most crucial piece as the game marches towards its final phase of regulation time.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Gukesh back on the clock!

21 moves down and Gukesh has a wee bit more time than Liren does on the clock as the board stands still poised in the balance.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Gukesh back on the clock!

Gukesh falls back on the clock!

The teenager is a couple of minutes behind Liren on the timer as it stands.

A bit of recurring motif this – Liren digging his way out of seemingly impossible scenarios in this championship clash over the duration of the final series.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Gukesh fortifies!

Gukesh opts to fortify his king by casting it, while Liren chooses against it for the time being as he pushes his Knight up the ranks.

However, it is pinned along with the black queen by Gukesh’s push of his white queen to f4.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Gukesh with the long thought!

Gukesh takes 59 minutes for his 11th move.

And the India decides it is best to push his pawn in the g file one space.

Liren responds to it by advancing his Knight to c5.

And surprise surprise, the digits on either side of the clock seems to have found a balance.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Gukesh eating into his timer!

At the end of 10 moves each, it is now Gukesh’s time to take his time in order to steer the game from here on out.

The Indian genius uses up a lot of time on his clock as he ascertains the bets possible move going forward against the Chinese champions who was demonstrated his resilience time and again.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Liren an hour behind on the timer!

Gukesh neglects a paw trade on the left flank, that could potentially have left his wing in trouble by opening up the file for Liren’s rook.

The Chinese champion is over an hour behind on the clock but could flip the script on Gukesh and make the Indian teenager ponder long and hard when push comes to shove to salvage some time advantage.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Pawn trade, bishop for knight!

Liren decides to bring out his light-squared bishop to g4 before a pawn exchange ensues at the behest of Gukesh. Liren obliges and finds his bishop under threat with Gukesh’s next move.

The Champion removes Gukesh’s knight at f3 with his pawn, following which the Indian claims Liren’s bishop in retaliation with his queen.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Liren utilising the clock early on!

Liren ponders for nearly 40 minutes over his fourth move before bringing his Knight out to f6.

Gukesh responds with a3, sending Liren into another bout of introspection.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Liren deep in thought!

Liren plunges into a deep thought early in the game as he looks to formulate a plan in his head to acquire an edge in the 11th iteration of the 14-game series.

The Chinese champion has fought back from positions of disadvantage several times in the championship clash already, but will he looks to turn the tables this time around and mount pressure on Gukesh?

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Here we go!

And the game is underway!

Gukesh begins proceedings with Knight f3.

Liren opts to play out with his pawns in the opening and decides to go with d5.

The Indian teenager resorts to a pawn push on his second and third moves as we anticipate a patient build up from the Chinese champion sat across the board.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Gukesh on white!

Gukesh will be on white pieces today, as the finalists alternate between the colours with each game.

Liren will look to defend with the black pieces on the day.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: The Final So Far!

Gukesh, forever the aggressor who wants to decimate the oppositions’ ranks with his high-octane attacking style of play, has looked to gain an edge over his rival throughout the final, but Liren has withstood the test time and again as he has navigated ways to dig out draws against the Indian teenager from tricky situations and sketchy positions he has found himself in over the last fortnight.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: The Final So Far!

Game 1: Ding Liren Beat D Gukesh (1-0)

Game 2: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (1.5-0.5)

Game 3: D Gukesh Beat Ding Liren (1.5-1.5)

Game 4: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (2-2)

Game 5: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (2.5-2.5)

Game 6: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (3-3)

Game 7: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (3.5-3.5)

Game 8: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (4-4)

Game 9: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (4.5-4.5)

Game 10: Ding Liren And D Gukesh Play Out A Draw (5-5)

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Into The Final Stretch

Game 10 finishes in a draw, much like the six games preceding it.

The tie has been in the balance ever since Gukesh fought his way back to parity in Game 3, after Liren had upset the punters with an opening game victory to stun the world as the odds were stacked heavily against the Chinese champion heading into the summit clash.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren Live Updates, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 11: Into The Final Stretch

Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the World Chess Championship 2024 between Ding Liren and D Gukesh.

With the match in the balance at 5 points each after the conclusion of 10 games, we head into the final stretch of the 14-game series when Game 11 gets underway in Singapore on Sunday.

The board will begin at 2:30 PM IST!