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The fourth game of the ongoing World Chess Championship 2024 between the reigning champion from China, Ding Liren, and Indian Grandmaster Gukesh D ended in a 42-move draw, leveling the scores at 2-2.
Moving into the details of Game 4, the Chinese Grandmaster started with the Zukertort opening, named after Johannes Zukertort, putting young Gukesh in a tough situation. After 11 moves into the game, Liren spent a lot of time on the clock, using up 16 more minutes compared to Gukesh.
For the 13th move, Gukesh, who was with black pieces, spent almost 30 minutes, leveling the clock for the duo. Eventually, with the game heading into a Rook endgame, Liren and Gukesh had to settle for a draw, splitting the honors at 2-2.
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Notably, the duo came back into this game after their first rest day. Earlier in Game 3, Gukesh managed to level scores at 1.5-1.5 with an impressive victory.
It’s worth noting that there will be a total of 14 games in the ongoing World Chess Championship with the first player reaching 7.5 points to be crowned as the World Champion. If the campaign ends in a tie after all 14 games, a tiebreaker will be held to decide the winner.
Each game will have a time control of 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the remainder of the game, with a 30-second increment per move from move 41.
World Chess Championship 2024: Results
Monday, November 25
Game 1: Ding Liren defeated Gukesh
Tuesday, November 26
Game 2: Draw
Wednesday, November 27
Game 3: Gukesh defeated Ding Liren
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Rest Day
Friday, November 29, 2024
Game 4: Draw
World Chess Championship 2024: Schedule
Saturday, November 30
Game 5, 2:30pm IST
Sunday, December 1
Game 6, 2:30pm IST
Monday, December 2
Rest Day
Tuesday, December 3
Game 7, 2:30pm IST
Wednesday, December 4
Game 8, 2:30pm IST
Thursday, December 5
Game 9, 2:30pm IST
Friday, December 6
Rest Day
Saturday, December 7
Game 10, 2:30pm IST
Sunday, December 8
Game 11, 2:30pm IST
Monday, December 9
Game 12, 2:30pm IST
Tuesday, December 10
Rest Day
Wednesday, December 11
Game 13, 2:30pm IST
Thursday, December 12
Game 14, 2:30pm IST
Friday, December 13
Tiebreak, 2:30pm (if needed)
