World Championship: India’s D Gukesh treads brave path in Game 6 draw vs Ding
World Championship: India’s D Gukesh treads brave path in Game 6 draw vs Ding
On Sunday, with the White pieces, reigning world champion Ding Liren blitzed out his preparation and seemed to be comfortably in control before considering playing out a three-fold repetition, to some surprise. Challenger Gukesh, living up to Game 6 tradition, chose drama and battle. In a slightly inferior endgame, the Indian teen declined a three-fold repetition, rejecting an early draw offer and chose to bravely forge ahead, pushing his Queen to the h4 square (instead of Qe7) on move 26.
