Indian challenger D Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren of China played out their fifth draw on the trot in the eighth game of the World Chess Championship to remain level on points here on Wednesday. The drawn match left both the players on an identical tally of 4 points each, still shy of 3.5 points in order to win the championship.

Challenger D Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren of China are locked at 3.5 points each after seven games in Sing

Ding Liren managed to secure a draw in Game 7 against Gukesh after being "outplayed" for much of Game 6. Ding admitted he was lucky to escape, as Gukesh held a significant advantage on the board and clock during the middle and endgame.

The seventh game of World Chess Championship between India's D Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren of China ended in a draw on Tuesday.

Gukesh has the uncanny ability to shut his eyes firmly yet maintain focus and concentration. He was seen doing this quite a lot in game 7 of the 2024 World Chess Championship against his opponent, Ding Liren.

At 5 hours and 20 minutes, this was the longest game of the match so far between Gukesh and Ding Liren at the 2024 World Chess Championship.

Youngest-ever challenger D Gukesh settles for a draw against defending champion Ding Liren in a marathon World Chess Championship game.

In the seventh game of the World Chess Championship, defending champion Ding Liren of China and Indian challenger D Gukesh fought for over five hours, ending in a draw after 72 moves. Despite Gukesh gaining an early advantage,

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren, World Chess Championship Game 7 Highlights: Get all highlights from the seventh game between Indian GM Gukesh and Chinese Champion Liren in the World Chess Championship 2024.

In January 2019, 12-year-old D Gukesh declared his dream... fast-forward six years and the Chennai-born chess prodigy has become the youngest player ever to qualify for the FIDE World Chess Championship.

Despite being a draw, Game 6 threw up plenty of questions, as Gukesh opted to reject the offer of a draw when in a weaker position against Ding. The Chinese world champion continued on without pressing for the win,