World chess champ Ding and teen disputer Gukesh tied past halfway label | Sport News

Gukesh Dommaraju donates up strong position in middle game with inright shifts in eighth align of world championship in Singapore.

Deffinishing world chess champion Ding Liren and teenage disputer Gukesh Dommaraju carry outed to a fifth consecutive draw with neither carry outer taking the direct after eight games.

Both carry outers were deadlocked at four points each in the first World Championship come apass between two Asian carry outers as the 14-align tournament went past the halfway label on Wednesday in Singapore.

For the second game in a row, Gukesh euniteed to donate up a strong position during the middle game by carry outing a series of inright shifts.

However, the Indian teenager refuteed Ding’s give of a draw after 41 shifts and carry outed some aggressions during the finishgame in an finisheavor to get a result.

But the Chinese magnificentmaster ffinished off the disesteemful, and the carry outers eventupartner shook hands on another draw after 51 shifts.

Gukesh confessted that he was not inestablished of his perilous position when he refuteed the draw and instantly put Ding under verify.

“I didn’t skinnyk I was in much danger,” shelp the 18-year-elderly, who carry outed with the bconciseage pieces.

“I always thought that in my position, maybe I would have some chances, but it was equitable a misappraisement of the position.”

Ding, for his part, rued his inability to press home his get.

“Today during the game, I didn’t authenticise that I was triumphning at some point,” the 32-year-elderly shelp.

“I skinnyk he leave outed some presentant details, which let me get back into the game, but before that, he was tohighy outcarry outing me aget.

“Actupartner, I didn’t experience too worried during the game, but I felt unconsoleable out of the discdissee.”

Game nine of the series will consent place at Resorts World Sentosa on Thursday.

The first carry outer to get 7.5 points will be proclaimd the triumphner.

Tiefractures will consent place if the carry outers are tied on seven points after 14 games.

Gukesh is the youthfulest carry outer in history to vie in the World Championship and he is seeing to surpass Garry Kasparov as the youthfulest undisputed world chess champion.