World Chess Championship, Game 4 Live Updates, D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren: Series-Lead In Sight As Race To Title Heats Up – News18

World Chess Championship Game 4 Live Updates, D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren:

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Game 4 of the FIDE Chess World Championship where D Gukesh and Ding Liren are set to go at it once again on Friday.

Both men are level with 1.5 points each. The reigning champion, Ding Liren started strong with a win in the opening game while the second ended in a tie with Gukesh coming back into the contest with a win in the third game.

For the fourth game, Gukesh will be playing blacks this time round and an interesting contest awaits us.

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How Will The Champion Be Decided Ultimately?

For a player to be crowned the champion, one would need a total of 7.5 games from the total of 14 games. A win results in one point, a draw means 0.5 and a loss is 0 points respectively.  If the match ends in a tie after all 14 games, a tiebreak will be held the following day to determine the winner.

This year’s tournament marks the first time in 138 years that two Asian players will be pitted against each other in the marquee clash, which is offering a prize fund of USD 2.5 million.