Gukesh draws his fourth consecutive game against Liren
World Championship: Gukesh draws his fourth consecutive game against Liren, could not take advantage of white pieces
Gukesh could not win despite being in a good position. He had to play a draw in front of Liren's strong defense. Gukesh was one pawn ahead till the end.
Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh, who is challenging China's Ding Liren for the World championship title, could not win despite playing with white pieces in the seventh game. The fourth consecutive game between the two was a draw. With this, half of the 14-round final is over and both players are tied at 3.5-3.5 points. The seventh game lasted for 72 moves. This was the longest game of the final so far. Gukesh could not win despite being in a good position. He had to play a draw in front of Liren's strong defense. Gukesh was one pawn ahead till the end.
The seventh round of the match lasted for five hours and 20 minutes. The sixth game between the two also lasted for more than four hours and 46 moves. During the middle game, Gukesh was in a huge lead in terms of position and time. At one point, it seemed that Liren would again lose the game based on time. He had to play 15 moves in 16 minutes. In the 40th move, he had only seven seconds left to avoid defeat. In the third game too, Liren lost based on time.