“In the last, 14th game of the match for the world championship, which took place in Singapore, Gukesh Dommaraju black defeated the current champion Ding Lizhen from China”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
In the last 14th game of the world championship match, which took place in Singapore, he defeated the reigning champion Ding Lizhen from China with black. The Chinese made a crucial mistake in one move in the endgame, which was judged to be even, although it required precision from White.
This victory brought Gukes victory in the entire match – 7.5:6.5. The Indian won three games, his opponent won two, another nine games ended in a draw.
Before the start of the match, most experts expressed the opinion that the contender is the favorite in the match. Gukesh has been ahead of the strongest contenders this year in the contenders tournament and has been showing consistent play, while Dean has been losing in tournaments.
The match generated huge interest in Asian countries, especially in India. For the first time, two representatives of the Asian continent met in the final of the World Chess Championship. Rivals played for a record prize fund – 2.5 million dollars.
Dean Lizhen became the world champion last year, defeating the Russian Yan Nepomnyashchi in a match – after former champion Magnus Carlsen, the world leader, refused to defend the title.