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.
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World Chess Championship Game 11
The 2024 World Chess Championship a fascinating contest in Game 11 as India's 18-year-old grandmaster Gukesh finally took the 2nd win of the contest by beating Ding Liren on the night. Leading 6-5 in the 14-match contest now, Gukesh has a good and vital advantage in the remainin games to come with Ding bound to come under pressure now.
Ding made a blunder with game around the halfway stage and threw in the towel as soon as he realised the mistake as well.
Points progression in the series:
After Game 1: Gukesh 0-1 Liren
After Game 2: Gukesh 0.5-1.5 Liren
After Game 3: Gukesh 1.5-1.5 Liren
After Game 4: Gukesh 2-2 Liren
After Game 5: Gukesh 2.5-2.5 Liren
After Game 6: Gukesh 3-3 Liren
After Game 7: Gukesh 3.5-3.5 Liren
After Game 8: Gukesh 4-4 Liren
After Game 9: Gukesh 4.5-4.5 Liren
After Game 10: Gukesh 5-5 Liren
After Game 11: Gukesh 6-5 Liren
World Chess Championship 2024 Gukesh vs Ding live telecast details:
The live telecast for game 11 of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 final between D. Gukesh and Ding Liren will not be available in India.
World Chess Championship 2024 Gukesh vs Ding live streaming details:
Fans in India can catch the live streaming of game 11 of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 final between D. Gukesh and Ding Liren on FIDE and Chess.com’s Twitch and X (formerly known as Twitter) handles.
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
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
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.
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First Published: Dec 08 2024 | 1:10 PM IST
