14 Games, One Champion: How D Gukesh Won The 2024 World Chess Championship

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By Unnati Madan
14 Games, One Champion: How Gukesh Won The 2024 World Chess Championship

D Gukesh made history on Thursday by becoming the youngest chess world champion ever. He defeated Ding Liren in Game 14 of the World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore. At 18, Gukesh is the first teenager to win the world chess title.

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After 13 games, the 2024 World Chess Championship was tied at 6.5-6.5. According to FIDE’s rules, a player needed 7.5 points to win the title. If no one reached that, the Championship would have been decided by tiebreakers.

With both Gukesh and Ding just one point away from victory, the final Game 14 became a crucial showdown. In the World Chess Championship, a win earns 1 point, and a draw gives 0.5 points.

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How Gukesh Won The 2024 World Chess Championship

It was an exciting 14-day battle between the reigning champion and Gukesh, with Gukesh finally emerging as the winner.

Game 1: Ding Liren had a tough start playing with black but managed a comeback. Gukesh resigned on the 42nd move, giving Ding a 1-0 lead over the Indian challenger. This was Ding’s first win in 304 days.

Game 2: The second round ended in a draw due to a three-fold repetition. Ding continued to lead the World Championship 1.5-0.5 after the second round.

Game 3: Playing with White, Gukesh bounced back from his first-round loss to Ding by winning in the Queen’s Gambit Declined.

Game 4: A major move happened when Gukesh allowed his Black Queen to be traded for Ding’s White Queen. After 36. Qxd5 Rxd5, both players repeated moves, resulting in a draw. They each earned half a point after 42 moves.

Game 5: Ding captured Gukesh’s pawn on f3 and then moved back to c6, leveling the position. The game ended in a draw after both players agreed to a draw following the 40th move.

Game 6: Gukesh initially denied a three-fold repetition but later agreed to a draw after the same repetition occurred.

Game 7: Gukesh missed chances, but Ding secured a draw, keeping the score tied at 3.5-3.5.

Game 8: Gukesh denied a three-fold repetition, but Ding forced a draw in 51 moves.

Game 9: The game ended in a draw after both players removed key pieces from the board.

Game 10: Ding pushed for a risk-free draw, leading to the seventh straight draw after 36 moves.

Game 11: Gukesh took a 6-5 lead after Ding blundered on move 28, forcing him to resign.

Game 12: Ding outplayed Gukesh, forcing a resignation on move 39, tying the score at 6-6.

Game 13: After 53 moves, a three-fold repetition draw left the score tied at 6.5-6.5.

Game 14: Gukesh, with an extra pawn, kept pushing as Ding misplayed his rook. Gukesh forced a win, and Ding resigned, making Gukesh the youngest World Chess Champion.

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