Game 3: Gukesh D vs Ding Liren | World Chess Championship 2024

Featured is Game 3 of the World Chess Championship 2024 presented by Google, showcasing a historic battle between defending champion Ding Liren of China and challenger Gukesh Dommaraju of India. Going into Game 3 Ding Liren has 1.5 points, and Gukesh D has 0.5 points. Gukesh D has the white pieces in Game 3. The opening played in game 3 is a Queen’s Gambit Declined. If 18-year-old Gukesh D wins this match he would become the youngest ever World Chess Champion, shattering Garry Kasparov’s record by 4 years! This highly anticipated best-of-14 classical games match has a time control of 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move 41. With a staggering prize fund of US$2.5 million, each player earns US$200,000 for each game won (including forfeits), while the remaining prize pool is split equally. In the event of a tiebreak, the winner will receive US$1.3 million, and the runner-up will take home US$1.2 million. The match is being held at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore, drawing the attention of the global chess community to this prestigious event.
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Image of Gukesh D in thumbnail by Lennart Ootes
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Image in video Courtesy of FIDE / Eng Chin An
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 g6 7. h3 Bf5 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. g4 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bc2 11. Bf4 h5 12. Rg1 hxg4 13. hxg4 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Rg8 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bh2 Rh8 17. f3 Ng7 18. Bg3 Rh5 19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Ne6 21. Rc1 Nxd4 22. Bf2 Bg7 23. Ne2 Nxb3 24. Rxc2 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Ne5 26. Nd4 Rd8 27. Ke2 Rh2 28. Bg2 a6 29. b3 Rd7 30. Rcc1 Ke7 31. Rcd1 Ke8 32. Bg3 Rh5 33. Nf3 Nxf3 34. Kxf3 Bd4 35. Rh1 Rxg5 36. Bh3 f5 37. Bf4 Rh5