Article 6SM74 Another tight draw as Ding Liren and Gukesh D battle for world chess title

Another tight draw as Ding Liren and Gukesh D battle for world chess title

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Bryan Armen Graham
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Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a third successive draw in the sixth game of their world championship showdown on Sunday in Singapore, as the Indian teenager fought back from a questionable decision to refuse an early draw from an inferior position to negotiate a bloodless result after 46 moves.

Ding, the 32-year-old champion from China, played a new first move (1 d4) for the third time in three games with the favored white pieces, opting for the en vogue London System and creating structural imbalances early by doubling black's pawns on the c-file. It was the same opening he deployed in Game 6 of his world title match with Ian Nepomniachtchi last year.

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