Pure excitement
Series of draws at the World Chess Championship continues!
The eighth game at the World Chess Championship in Singapore has ended in a draw! The Chinese defending champion Ding Liren (32) and the 18-year-old challenger Dommaraju Gukesh from India drew for the fifth time in a row.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Both thus scored 0.5 points and the overall score is 4.0:4.0. So far there has only been a winner in the first and third games.
Gukesh showed fighting spirit
The opening winner Liren was slightly better in the eighth game, but Gukesh proved his fighting spirit. With a surprising 41st move, he initially averted a draw - which was inevitable a few moves later.
The first player to score 7.5 points is the world champion. If there is a draw after the initial 14 games, a play-off in rapid chess will decide the winner. The world champion receives the lion's share of the prize money of 2.5 million dollars.
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