World Chess Championship 2024: Gukesh holds Ding to a draw in second round

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Gukesh in action." title="India’s D. Gukesh in action." data-original="https://assetsss.thehindu.com/theme/images/ss-online/1x1_spacer.png" class="lead-img" /></picture><div class="pic-caption"><figcaption class="figure-caption align-text-bottom"><div class="caption-text">India’s D. Gukesh in action. | Photo Credit: FIDE </div><img class="caption-image" src="https://assetsss.thehindu.com/theme/images/SSRX/lightbox-info.svg" alt="infoIcon" /></figcaption></div></div><p class="caption"> India’s D. Gukesh in action. | Photo Credit: FIDE </p></div><div id="ControlPara"><div id="content-body-68914201" class="articlebodycontent col-xl-9 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-12" itemprop="articleBody"><p>India’s D. Gukesh held reigning champion China’s Ding Liren to a draw with dark pieces in the second round of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore on Tuesday.</p><p>After losing the first round with White, Gukesh was stable throughout in this game to take half point from this round.</p><p>Ding started with 1.e4 for which Gukesh replied with e5 as the both went for an Italian game.</p><div class="inline_embed article-block-item"><div class="inline_iframefull "><iframe width="800" height="371" src="https://lichess.org/study/embed/YL0LEwAL/AljZUNDm#last" frameborder=0></iframe></div></div><p>Earlier on Monday, Gukesh, who had White in this round squandered time advantage to eventually lose the first round. </p><p><b >AS IT HAPPENED | <a href="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/gukesh-vs-ding-liren-world-chess-championship-final-singapore-game-2-round-streaming-info-highlights-results-news/article68913148.ece" target="_blank" >GUKESH VS DING WORLD CHESS-CHAMPIONSHIP 2024, GAME 2 HIGHLIGHTS </a></b></p><p>The youngest World Championship challenger, Gukesh will again have White in the third round. </p><div class="article-standard_piano-inline-2 articleblock-container" id="articleContainer"></div><div class="comments-shares share-page" data-artid="68914201" data-title="World Chess Championship 2024: Gukesh holds Ding to a draw in second round" data-url="https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/gukesh-vs-ding-liren-world-chess-championship-2024-second-round-draw-result-report-fide-news/article68914201.ece" data-leadtext="India’s D. 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