FIDE World Championship 2024 • Game 12 • lichess.org

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1c4+0.1e6+0.32g3+0.1d5+0.23Bg2+0.1Nf6+0.14Nf3+0.1d4+0.25O-O+0.2Nc6+0.26e30.0Be7+0.27d3+0.3dxe3+0.28Bxe3+0.2e5+0.29Nc3+0.3O-O+0.310Re1+0.3h6+0.311a3+0.3a5+0.312h3+0.2Be6+0.213Kh2+0.3Rb8+0.514Qc2+0.4Re8+0.315Nb5+0.4Bf5+0.316Rad1+0.5Nd7+0.617Qd2+0.7Bg6+1.118d4+1.1e4+1.119Ng1+1.1Nb6+1.320Qc3+1.0Bf6?!+1.6Inaccuracy. f5 was best.20...f521.f3Rc822.Qc2Bh523.h4Bf624.Bh3Qd725.Bf2Rcd826.c521Qc2+1.3a4+1.422Ne2+1.5Bg5?!+2.5Inaccuracy. Na5 was best.22...Na523Nf4+2.6Bxf4+2.824Bxf4+2.7Rc8+2.825Qc3+2.7Nb8+3.326d5+2.6Qd7?!+3.7Inaccuracy. Na6 was best.26...Na627.Qd4Nd728.d6cxd629.Nxd6Nac530.Nxe8Qxe831.f3f532.fxe427d6+4.0c5+3.828Nc7+3.8Rf8+4.129Bxe4+3.7Nc6+4.530Bg2+4.8Rcd8+4.631Nd5+4.6Nxd5+4.632cxd5+4.7Nb8+4.633Qxc5+4.6Rc8+4.634Qd4+4.6Na6+5.735Re7+5.4Qb5+5.436d7+5.4Rc4?!+7.7Inaccuracy. Rcd8 was best.36...Rcd837.Bd6Bf538.Re5Qxd739.Bxf8Rxf840.Rc1g641.Qb6Kg742.Re237Qe3+6.5Rc2+6.938Bd6+6.6f6??#8Checkmate is now unavoidable. Kh7 was best.38...Kh739.Be4Qxb240.Bxc2Qxc241.Rc1Qf542.Re5Qxd743.Bxf8Qd844.Be739Rxg7+#7

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White is victorious

Game 12 annotated by GM Yannick Gozzoli: lichess.org/study/LF4x850G/AwRgepNB#0

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magnumcoqson gukesh needs to go to the striptease to relax
ar_ce_1809 1-0
ZaiZai2022 yyyeeesss dddiiinnnggg
timetolearnchess ding is no longer chilling
Johnny4Walker Massive fraud seems to be the Ding. He was playing really bad until the championship and all of a sudden playing with high accuracy.
HairyOtter it's the contrary of a fraud then lol, no he used to play very well when he won the candidates and the finale
Chessstudy_2021 just saw the chess.com game review... only 92.5 for ding
Chessstudy_2021 i would have guessed it's much higher... ding didn't make any clear mistake (even with the engine on)
Chessstudy_2021 there were too many winning lines... and he didn't always pick the best (according to sf).... maybe that's why it's so low
Chessstudy_2021 despite his amazing play
parcyval wazzzap
parcyval Russia lets goooo\
UrsusManutius Ding killing
Shreyan2023 its a draw right now so you cant say ding will win
elPhD it's not about a brutal force SF, not moving best engine move, but have an idea, and prove that my idea is better
elPhD Gukesh with moves was going on , seemed to have not clear idea, but Ding still could improve, in this game he has an IDEA, plan, concept
elPhD llater Gukesh was laying without any idea or plan, maybe just one - trying to defend something that is collapsing from every side
Chessstudy_2021 the stockfish moves are also not necessarily "the best"... since many moves were good/winning
Chessstudy_2021 gukesh changed plans from nd4 to nc5... and later decided that both were bad
Chessstudy_2021 he went for the "bad" but not immediately losing line... which is uaually worse than a risky but complicated idea with counterplay
Chessstudy_2021 the details in this game are impressive... the small critical decisions
Chessstudy_2021 for example: the move order between nb5 and rd1.... there is a very important idea with nh7-ng5.... and it's not easy to see which move orde
Chessstudy_2021 also qd2! which needs to take care of all the nc5 exchange sac lines
Chessstudy_2021 mayn other possible moves there
Chessstudy_2021 many* h3-kh2 is also quite strong... and much more dangerous than the relatively drawish endgame that sf would play after d4
Chessstudy_2021 even if gukesh doesn't play rb8?! and plays normal qd7 rd8...white still has a good position with rd1 nb5 qc1 d4
Chessstudy_2021 it's easy to underestimate how fundamentally strong ding's play really is in this game
SymphonicKnight I think Alekhine's-like formations are difficult for humans to play tactically from both the white and black sides, especially from black's,
SymphonicKnight and find that I'd almost prefer for my opponent, when I am playing an Alekhine's Defense, transition to a Vienna Game.
gn011 big brain
Chessstudy_2021 just looked a bit at the opening... it's very interesting that re1 is very important for the qc1 nb5 d4 idea to be strong
Chessstudy_2021 otherwise black has a powerful defense with bc5!
Chessstudy_2021 the inclusion of re1 h6 makes the difference
Chessstudy_2021 when black goes for a setup with rd8 qc8 and bf5
sandhyavanka Wow, Gukesh wins, then Ding
sandhyavanka This will be very, very interesting
Nandith_123 hello
NivinK ill never understand why gukesh played 37. f6??
NivinK buddy it was a typo you dont have to be so mad
Nandith_123 hello
DanC990 Bro was already losing
DanC990 f6 didnt matter
DanC990 just made him lose faster
iyariv hewwo
pranshukhandelwal hi
ejkilroy i think he was trying to stop re8
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duclam2016ht bye
TouchofMagnus ding will win
Syeda_Faiza Sad truth
SohamSurvase007 gukesh has to win next game and draw the last game
SohamSurvase007 that is the only option
SohamSurvase007 same for ding
SohamSurvase007 draw the next game and win last game
go6poe_ympo third option: draw both games and win tiebreak
go6poe_ympo fourth option: win one game, lose other game, and win tiebreak
LPDJ Win and lose a game is better than 2 draws for them, because they get $ 200 000 for every won game
Futureiser based off previous results the most likely outcome is 2 draws since they draws 8 of the 12 games played
Futureiser and that becomes extremely likely if Gukesh draws his final white game since out of Ding's 6 white games only 1 was decisive
Futureiser (this one)
go6poe_ympo @futureiser 8/12 games draw means 2/3 sample probability for draw, based on this, in two games there is a (2/3)^2 probability of both draws
go6poe_ympo it is 44%, so it is more likely there will be a result than two draws
Futureiser it is still more likely for there to be a draw then either one winning
go6poe_ympo in one game yes, but not in two
Futureiser just not both combined
Futureiser i'm saying it's more likely then 1 of Gukesh or Ding win not more likely then both
a_splendidwinner bid on draw
Infinitpatzer f6 to defend the e8 square vs R8, well he was losing in any case
Infinitpatzer Gukesh will try again hi last chance tomorrow with white, Ding now, sure won't be the same sick for draw .. yeah it may ends before the TB
Infinitpatzer those stats based on the old Ding before game 12 are wrong, Ding never played a white game to win, till the game12 ..
chunky12 Ding vs rappord 6 classical games who is winning ?
xKnightWalker nah, i'd win
Viks_Messi10 @chunky12 me
xKnightWalker Nah, i'd win
Futureiser @Infinitpatzer it is obvious from all 6 of Ding's white games that he will not play for a win unless he his down
Futureiser but if anything following what ur saying, if tmr is a draw then from the 5 games where Ding tried to draw all 5 were draws
Futureiser therefore game 14 is extremely likely to be a draw if game 13 draws
saitmaop Futureiser I’m not too sure. Game 12 might have given Ding renewed confidence to play for the win
TK_THE_TREX go ding
TK_THE_TREX u must win
HokingChess Yes
Toichok Ding chilling
Divyashree27201311 ding!!
berrette13 is going to be a repeat of last year
Adam-rass Yes 6-6
zbcno1 Go ding
Conqueror_Ryan I want ding to win
Conqueror_Ryan actually gukesh
DimaSmir 52
FLORESSOFIA_02CIP no
FLORESSOFIA_02CIP winner ding lireng
FLORESSOFIA_02CIP gukesh is verry eak
FLORESSOFIA_02CIP weak
JAMChessBot come on gukesh
Futureiser @saitmaop it's just simple match strategy, Ding Liren is #2 in Rapid, and Gukesh is #44
Futureiser with a 122 elo gap making ding a favorite to win by ~70% in the 4 rapid games
Futureiser compared to current classical where it's literally 6-6 and a coin toss at best
Futureiser and at GM level even if u are confident u are stronger then ur opponent, going for a win would be like 35% win 35% draw 30% lose
Futureiser while going for a draw would more be like 10% win 80% draw 10% lose
Futureiser so Ding would rather go for a draw instead of risk a higher chance for loss
Futureiser also even if Gukesh tries to draw all 4 rapid games he would only get himself into blitz tiebreaks which are even worse for Gukesh
Futureiser Ding is #6 in blitz while Gukesh is #86 with an insane 170 elo gap
Dam_Satt а
Saihttan what is the total score right now?
regretfulChlamydia 7-6.5
whatstherapy it's 6.5 to 6.5
playanotherone This is a must win for gukesh,ding is 130 elo ahead of gukesh in rapid
Notzayn003 I hope ding wins
Farranov hello people!!
chinu_2011 Hi
sbsugan the best sigma
Staedler64 Yo guys
MonkEU la
chinu_2011 hello
Savelii6 hello
Jeremyzy53 chill
Jeremyzy53 ding why
chinu_2011 Maybe last
Proplayer321 nah I'm last
chinu_2011 Really bro
Planet_CHESS465 Im so proud of ding
chinu_2011 Gukesh will surely comeback stronger
Planet_CHESS465 Hmm
Planet_CHESS465 Well
Planet_CHESS465 Yeah, he did :D
chinu_2011 Yes let's go guki