D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, FIDE World Chess Championship Game 12, Live Score Updates: 16 Moves Done; D Gukesh Looks To Seize Control vs Ding Liren

World Chess Championship Live: Liren takes next move after 16 minutes

WOWWW!!!! Ding Liren is not taking any risks at this moment of the game. Already trailing 5-6 in the 14-match contest, Liren needs to take step carefully. Now, he spends a total of 16 minutes to take his 17th move. He moves Qd2 as his 17th move. Gukesh is yet to give a response to this move of Ding Liren. 

World Chess Championship Live: Current positions

World Chess Championship Live: Battle getting intense

Both D Gukesh and Ding Liren are taking their time and planning their next move. So far, 16 moves have been taken and both the stars are putting a tough fight. In the latest move, Ding moves Rad1 while Gukesh moves Nd7. 

World Chess Championship Live: Moves so far

Moves so far

1. c4 e6

2. g3 d5

3. Bg2 Nf6

4. Nf3 d4

5. O-O Nc6

6. e3 Be7

7. d3 dxe3

8. Bxe3 e5

9. Nc3 O-O

10. Re1 h6

11. A3  A5

12. H3  Be6

13. Kh2  Rb8

World Chess Championship Live: Ding moves A3 after 17 minutes

Phew!!! That was exhausting as the defending Ding Liren is spending a lot of time in thinking is every move. Well, it’s quite understandable as chess requires a lot of thinking and playing at the World Chess Championship cannot be taken lightly. After spending 17 minutes in deep thinking, Liren finally moves a3 as his 11th move. In response, D Gukesh moves a5 in two minutes. 

World Chess Championship Live: Positions after Gukesh’s H6 move

World Chess Championship Live: Gukesh moves H6

After 15 minutes of deep thinking, D Gukesh finally takes his 10th move. In response of Ding Liren’s Re1, Gukesh moves H6. This game is getting better and better with every passing move as both the players are being very cautious. 

World Chess Championship Live: Gukesh goes into deep thinking

In a sudden turn of events, we can see that the young Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has gone into deep thinking. After Ding Liren takes Re1 as his 10th moves, Gukesh looks clueless. So far, he has spent around 12 minutes in taking his next step. 

World Chess Championship Live: Liren moves his night

In his ninth move, Ding Liren moves his knight 9.NC3. However, he receives a quick response from D Gukesh. The Indian Grandmaster then takes O-O as his next move. Quick thinking from Gukesh. 

World Chess Championship Live: 99.6 accuracy

WOW!!! The Game No- 12 between D Gukesh and Ding Liren is turning out to be an interesting one. Both the players are giving a good competition to each other. After the first nine moves, the accuracy in the game is 99.6. 

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Liren consuming lot of time

This game is definitely giving a lot of headache to the defending champion Ding Liren. He is consuming a lot of time, while on the other hand, Gukesh seems to be playing with a calm mind. So far, Liren has spent 27 minutes in his eight moves while Gukesh has spent only three minutes. 

World Chess Championship Live: Moves so far

Moves so far

1. c4 e6

2. g3 d5

3. Bg2 Nf6

4. Nf3 d4

5. O-O Nc6

6. e3 Be7

7. d3 dxe3

8. Bxe3 e5

World Chess Championship Live: Gukesh’s moves force Liren to think deep

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Glimpse of the opening moves

🇨🇳 Ding Liren opens with 1.c4
🇮🇳 Gukesh D responds with 1… e6

Game 12 of the FIDE World Championship Match is underway! #DingGukesh pic.twitter.com/nXKpvMzvHA

— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) December 9, 2024

World Chess Championship Live: First 5 moves

Here are the first five moves of Game No-12

1. c4 e6

2. g3 d5

3. Bg2 Nf6

4. Nf3 d4

5. O-O Nc6

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Liren starts with 1.C4

WOW!!! The defending champion Ding Liren commences the match with 1.C4 move with the whites. In his response, D Gukesh shows his wittiness and plays out e6. 

World Chess Championship Live: We are underway

The highly anticipated Match No-12 of the ongoing World Chess Championship between D Gukesh and Ding Liren begins. Playing with the whites, Liren will be taking the first move. Let’s play! 

World Chess Championship Live: A look at the moves during Game 11

Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.a3 Bg4 6.exd4 cxd4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qc7 9.d3 a5 10.b5 Nbd7 11.g3 Nc5 12.Bg2 Nfd7 13.0–0 Ne5 14.Qf4 Rd8 15.Rd1 g6 16.a4 h5 17.b6 Qd6 18.Ba3 Bh6 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.Qe4 Nc6 21.Na3 Rd7 22.Nc2 Qxb6 23.Rab1 Qc7 24.Rb5 0–0 25.Na1 Rb8 26.Nb3 e6 27.Nc5 Re7 28.Rdb1 Qc8 29.Qxc6 black resigned.

World Chess Championship Live: Gukesh speaks about conditioning coach Paddy Upton

“Working with Paddy (Upton) has been super enjoyable and instructive for me and considering the height of the World Championship, there are more emotional struggles than any other tournament. We have had a lot of conversations. I learned a lot. He said a lot of things that have helped me in many of the games. Because Whenever you lose, you also lose your focus or you’ll get emotional but you should come back to the game and play the best move. And it’s not always easy to do, so his teachings have really helped me a lot.”

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Gukesh’s remarks after defeating Liren in Game 11

“After Game 1, I had to show mental resistance because obviously it wasn’t a pleasant thing to lose the first game of the World Championship, but then once I hit back, I’ve started to play good chess,” said Gukesh during the press conference.

World Chess Championship Live: How Have The Results Been So Far?

With a 6-5 lead against the Chinese Ding Liren, D Gukesh looks to go for the kill today. Here’s A look at the results so far:

Game 1: Ding Liren beats Gukesh with black pieces

Game 2: Draw

Game 3: Gukesh beats Ding Liren with white

Rest Day – November 28

Game 4: Draw

Game 5: Draw

Game 6: Draw

Rest Day – December 2 

Game 7: Draw

Game 8: Draw

Game 9: Draw

Rest Day – December 6

Game 10: Draw

Game 11: Gukesh beats Ding Liren with white

Game 12: Ding Liren to play with white pieces

World Chess Championship Live: Carlsen Says ‘Must Win Game’ For Liren

Magnus Carlsen, who has been a keen observer of the game, expects Liren to fight back today. He has categorised this game a ‘must win’ for the Chinese.

The Norwegian also gave him a piece of advice. He said: “Just doing something social with his team. Just try and escape for a little bit.”

Carlsen also shared his own experience from Championship matches. “I have only been down once… against Sergey Karjakin. Then my world was kind of rocky for two or three days. I don’t envy Ding. There were four games left for me too. Its not easy for Ding.”

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Hello

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, Match No-12 between D Gukesh and Ding Liren, straight from Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. Stay tuned for all the live updates.