Puzzle: can you win for White?
China’s world champion Ding Liren, who had not won a classical game since January and had sunk to No 23 in the rankings, defied forecasts on Monday as he outplayed India’s Dommaraju Gukesh, at 18 the youngest ever challenger, in the opening round of their 14-game, $2.5mn title match in Singapore. Gukesh had the favourable white pieces, and the rapidity of his first dozen moves against the champion’s French Defence made it clear that he was unleashing his opening prep.
Soon after that victory, Ding withdrew from chess completely for several months due to mental health issues, and when he returned was well below his previous form, while Gukesh was an impressive winner of the Candidates in Toronto which decided the challenger. In Saturday’s prematch press conference, Ding claimed to be in much better shape, saying that his motivation had improved since he arrived in Singapore.
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