Live Updates: FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 Game 7 Singapore – Gukesh D vs Ding Liren

The FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 is heating up as Game 7 between Gukesh D and Ding Liren takes place in Singapore. Ding Liren, the world champion, found himself in a tense situation as he made it past time control with just seven seconds left on his clock. This was not the first time he had been scrambling to avoid losing on time, as he had already lost Game 3 to Gukesh in a similar fashion.

In a nail-biting moment, Ding Liren had 16 minutes to make 15 moves, but spent a whopping 28 minutes on his 7th move while playing with the white pieces. Despite gaining an extra pawn early on, the material advantage was short-lived as the game progressed.

Both players are back on the board for Game 7 after a second rest day on Monday. The stakes are high as Gukesh and Ding Liren are tied at three points each heading into this crucial game. Gukesh, a teenager from Chennai, is aiming to become the youngest world champion in history.

The World Championship has seen its fair share of criticism from elite grandmasters like Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik, who have expressed disappointment in the level of play between Gukesh and Ding Liren. Hikaru Nakamura, the world no. 3, has also been confounded by Ding Liren’s strategy in the first six games.

As the tension mounts in Game 7, fans can follow the move-by-move action and even play along in the interactive coverage. Stay tuned for live updates as the battle for the World Chess Championship continues to unfold.