Ding Liren and Gukesh D play to fizzling Game 9 draw in deadlocked title match

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Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju are no closer to a verdict in their world championship match after Thursday's ninth game fizzled out to a sixth successive draw after 54 moves and 3hr 56min, leaving the $2.5m contest deadlocked at 4-4 with five games to go.

No one is clearly better in this match, so it's going to be tough to win," Ding said afterward.