Chess World Championship: What D Gukesh, Ding Liren Must Do To Win Game 14 - Susan Polgar Shares Ideas

Gukesh and defending champion Liren played out a draw in the 13th game of the World Chess Championship to remain level on points on Wednesday. The drawn match left Gukesh, playing white, and Liren on an identical tally of 6.5 points each, still shy of one point in order to win the championship. The two players signed peace after 68 moves.

Ahead of game 14, Polgar took to her X account to suggest ideas for Gukesh and Liren.

She wrote, "Game 14 (final classical game) What Ding must do:

Do not get into severe time pressure, especially being down an hour on the clock. He was lucky to save game 13. Can't continue to push his luck in the final game.Try to steer toward a strategic and positional game while staying away from complications where deep calculations would be required. This would favor Gukesh."

She further wrote, "What Gukesh must do: Play objective chess and not think about the shorter time control playoff. Topalov made this mistake against Anand in the final game 12 of their 2010 match. He knew that Anand would be the favorite in the playoff so he gambled and lost instead of taking his chances in rapid."

"Play confidently and try to conserve valuable time to take advantage of any potential inaccuracies by Ding in time pressure. Another 5-10 extra minutes on move 31 in game 13 may have made a huge difference."

She concluded her tweet by asking her followers as to who would win the World Chess Championship.

Speaking about the World Chess Championship, the 32-year-old Liren had won the opening game, while the 18-year-old Gukesh had emerged victorious in the third game to draw level.

The two Grandmasters then played seven consecutive draws before Gukesh broke the deadlock in the 11th game to take a 6-5 lead but Liren drew level in the 12th game by shocking the Indian.

(with PTI inputs)