D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, World Chess Championship 2024 Game 9 Highlights: Gukesh-Ding play out sixth consecutive draw; Series teid at 4.5-4.5

“In the last few games I have managed to play very good chess, for me the main thing will be to just go there with the same energy, play same level of chess I’m playing and slightly improve on some critical moments.”

The game is clearly heading towards a draw after queen, rook, dark-squared bishop for black and knight for white were kept off the board. 

Gukesh has used almost an hour for the last five moves and the time situation is now equal after the 23rd move. 

1. d4 Nf6

2. c4 e6

3. g3 Bb4+

4. Bd2 Be7

5. Bg2 d5

6. Nf3 O-O

7. O-O c6

8. Qc2 Nbd7

9. Rd1 b6

10. Bc3 Bb7

11. Nbd2 Qc7

12. Rac1 Rfd8

13. b4 c5

14. bxc5 bxc5

15. Qb2 Nb6

16. Ba5 dxc4

17. Nxc4 Bxf3

18. Bxb6 axb6

19. Bxf3 Ra6

20. Qb5 Rxa2

21. Nxb6 Qa7

22. Qb1 Rb8

23. dxc5 Ra6

Gukesh now exchanges his dark-squared bishop by taking Ding’s knight on b6. He then also chops Ding’s light-square bishop as both players are now left with opposite colour bishops. 

Ding though for 15 minutes before capturing Gukesh’s pawn on c4. Gukesh takes back with knight and Ding plays bishop takes knight on f3. 

Ding has utilised over an hour already and now has 57 minutes left on the clock to make 26 more moves. 

Finally, first exchange occur on the board. Gukesh plays b takes c5 while Ding also replied with b takes c5 to chop the first pawn. 

No surprises in the time clock situation at the moment. Ding is trailing again, this time by 35 minutes after first 13 moves. 

1. d4 Nf6

2. c4 e6

3. g3 Bb4+

4. Bd2 Be7

5. Bg2 d5

6. Nf3 O-O

7. O-O c6

8. Qc2 Nbd7

9. Rd1 b6

10. Bc3 Bb7

11. Nbd2 Qc7

12. Rac1 Rfd8

1. d4 Nf6

2. c4 e6

3. g3 Bb4+

4. Bd2 Be7

5. Bg2 d5

6. Nf3 O-O

7. O-O c6

8. Qc2 Nbd7

9. Rd1 b6

10. Bc3 Bb7

Gukesh starts with 1.d4 and Ding quickly responds with knight to f6. 

The 2024 World Chess Championship match between D. Gukesh and Ding Liren consists of 14 games. The first player to score 7.5 points will be crowned the World Champion. If the match ends in a tie after all 14 games, a tiebreak will be held the following day to determine the winner.

The World Chess Championship match will consist of 14 classical games. Each game will adhere to a time control of 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the remainder of the game, with a 30-second increment per move starting from move 41.

Game 1 - November 25, 2024 - Ding Liren beat Gukesh

Game 2 - November 26, 2024 - Round ended in a draw

Game 3 - November 27, 2024 - Gukesh beat Ding Liren

Rest Day - November 28, 2024 - Thursday 

Game 4 - November 29, 2024 - Round ended in a draw

Game 5 - November 30, 2024 - Round ended in a draw

Game 6 - December 1, 2024 - Round ended in a draw

Rest Day - December 2, 2024 - Monday 

Game 7 - December 3, 2024 - Round ended in a draw

Game 8 - December 4, 2024 - Round ended in a draw

Game 9 - December 5, 2024 - Thursday 

Rest Day - December 6, 2024 - Friday 

Game 10 - December 7, 2024 - Saturday 

Game 11 - December 8, 2024 - Sunday 

Game 12 - December 9, 2024 - Monday 

Rest Day - December 10, 2024 - Tuesday 

Game 13 - December 11, 2024 - Wednesday 

Game 14 - December 12, 2024 - Thursday 

Tie-breaks (If needed) - December 13, 2024 - Wednesday

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The World Chess Championship 2024 match between Gukesh and Ding will be streamed on FIDE social media handles (YouTube, Twitch), Chess.com social media handles (YouTube, Twitch) etc.

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Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the World Chess Championship, where India’s D. Gukesh will take on reigning champion China’s Ding Liren in Game 9 at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore on Thursday.

After eight rounds, the World Championship series is tied of 4.0-4.0.