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WCC Round 14 Endgame

I only wish to say that Gukesh had one more hour against Ding and he was pressing this position because even though it was a draw according to engine, white had a more passive position as Gukesh was continuously advancing his pawns and for a draw, Ding had to play flawlessly to defend and that too with Ding having very less time on the clock compared to Gukesh. Ding had been pressurized to blunder by Gukesh. So that blunder was totally human from Ding. (Even previous World champions have made critical blunders)
Afterall, chess is a psychological game. And Gukesh didn't crumble first despite him being just 18 is remarkable. A deserving champion.
Thanks for the analysis, it's very helpful.
It's natural that humans make mistakes, even best GM. As in other sports, if players did only their best a didn't do any mistakes, it would be nice for their fans, but a bit boring for others.
@shiv-angi said in #2:
> I only wish to say that Gukesh had one more hour against Ding and he was pressing this position because even though it was a draw according to engine, white had a more passive position as Gukesh was continuously advancing his pawns and for a draw, Ding had to play flawlessly to defend and that too with Ding having very less time on the clock compared to Gukesh. Ding had been pressurized to blunder by Gukesh. So that blunder was totally human from Ding. (Even previous World champions have made critical blunders)
> Afterall, chess is a psychological game. And Gukesh didn't crumble first despite him being just 18 is remarkable. A deserving champion.

Yeah, I can analyze the position but not the pressure Ding felt. I myself also make a lot of stupid blunders in simple positions that if I just looked at with fresh brain I would've never blundered in. It's a very bad feeling, but mistakes happen. Now we can only feel sorry for Ding, congratulate Gukesh and wait for whats to come. I'm honestly really excited about the future of chess, as the new generation of players will play much closer in playstyle to engines and I hope that Gukesh's win will create another chess boom
to understand the mistake chesswise, on a8 the B is not able to sidestep exchange as it could on b7, from where it had moved a few moves back. Ding had the right idea toward the easiest draw by keeping the B and allowing/inviting the R swop, or keeping the R and allowing the B swop, while Gukesh would try top keep both sets of pieces on the board as long as there is not a clear win otherwise. Ding must have seen everything covered in the article but absentmindedly missed that tactical point. That this could happen to a world champion with almost 10 min left plus 30s/move shows the difficulty of chess, for if a time traveler could only tell us when to think longer, advanced players would never lose.
some people think that ok let's us vote to the stronger player but it not possible sometimes that even or it also be a draw or the opponent win and the people who say that this was a blunder in this position, but they also face some challenges while playing to bring the position. If every thought that we know he or she blundered and the opponent won the game then they are wrong those who are good players they have tactic to win or they don't know then they and also some players say that why they are so much time they have thought in their mind but they just rechecking....... some people also love ding but he lost it then they also had a heartbreak.......And if we lost then we will also have heartbreak.........