World Chess Championship live: Check out all the moves here –

1. c4 e6

2. g3 d5

3. Bg2 Nf6

4. Nf3 d4

5.OO Nc6

6. e3 Be7

7. d3 dxe3

8. Bxe3 e5

9. Nc3 OO

10. Re1 h6

11. a3 a5

12. h3 Be6

13. Kh2 Rb8

14. Qc2 Re8

15. Nb5 Bf5

16. Tad1 Nd7

17. Qd2 Bg6

18. d4 e4

19. Ng1 Nb6

20. Qc3 Bf6

21. Qc2 a4

22. Ne2 Bg5

23. Nf4 Bxf4

24. Bxf4 Rc8

25. Qc3 Nb8

26. d5 Qd7

27. d6 c5

28. Nc7 Rf8

29. Bxe4 Nc6

30. Bg2 Rcd8

31. Nd5 Nxd5

32. cxd5 Nb8

33. Qxc5 Rc8

34. Qd4 Na6

35. Re7 Qb5

36. d7 Rc4

37. Qe3 Rc2

38. Vol 6f6

39. Rxg7+

World Chess Championship live: Ding Liren wins!

In the 12th game Ding Liren wins against D Gukesh. The competition was revived and the results were tied at 6-6. Ding dominated the game.

World Chess Championship live: Gukesh is on the verge of defeat!

This looks like Ding Liren’s game. He is on the verge of winning this competition with a dominant show against Gukesh. Both players are under four minutes.

World Chess Championship Live: 19 moves made

World Chess Championship Live: Gukesh spends 26 minutes

OHHHH!!! Shocking twists are taking place in Singapore as India’s D Gukesh is now showing his wariness towards Ding Liren. The match that started with quick moves from Gukesh has now turned into something different. Gukesh spends a whopping 26 minutes in total reacting to DIng Liren’s 17th move. Gukesh plays Bg6.

World Chess Championship live: Liren makes the next move after 16 minutes

WOWWW!!!! Ding Liren is not taking any risks at this moment of the game. Already trailing 5-6 in the 14-game competition, Liren will need to proceed cautiously. Now he needs a total of 16 minutes to make his 17th move. On the 17th move he moves Qd2. Gukesh has not yet given any response to this move by Ding Liren.

World Chess Championship Live: Current positions

World Chess Championship live: The fight is getting more and more intense

Both D Gukesh and Ding Liren are taking their time and planning their next step. 16 moves have been made so far and both stars are putting up a tough fight. On the last move, Ding moves Rad1 while Gukesh moves Nd7.

World Chess Championship Live: Previous moves

Moving so far

1. c4 e6

2. g3 d5

3. Bg2 Nf6

4. Nf3 d4

5.OO Nc6

6. e3 Be7

7. d3 dxe3

8. Bxe3 e5

9. Nc3 OO

10. Re1 h6

11. A3 A5

12. H3 Be6

13. Kh2 Rb8

World Chess Championship live: Ding moves A3 after 17 minutes

Phew!!! This was tiring as the defending Ding Liren spends a lot of time overthinking his every move. Well, that’s quite understandable, because chess requires a lot of thought and participating in the World Chess Championship cannot be taken lightly. After 17 minutes of intense thought, Liren finally played a3 as his 11th move. In response, D Gukesh moves a5 within two minutes.

World Chess Championship live: Positions after Gukesh’s H6 move

World Chess Championship live: Gukesh draws H6

After 15 minutes of intense thinking, D Gukesh finally makes his 10th move. In response to Ding Liren’s Re1, Gukesh moves H6. This game gets better and better with every passing play as both players are very careful.

World Chess Championship live: Gukesh thinks deeply

In a sudden turn of events, we can see that the young Indian grandmaster D Gukesh has fallen into deep thought. After Ding Liren chooses Re1 as his 10th move, Gukesh seems perplexed. So far he has spent about 12 minutes taking his next step.

World Chess Championship live: Liren postpones his evening

On his ninth move, Ding Liren moves his knight 9.NC3. However, he gets a quick reply from D Gukesh. The Indian grandmaster then makes OO as his next move. Quick thinking from Gukesh.

World Chess Championship Live: 99.6 accuracy

WOW!!! The match number 12 between D Gukesh and Ding Liren turns out to be an interesting one. Both players provide good competition. After the first nine moves, the accuracy in the game is 99.6.

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Liren takes a lot of time

This game is definitely a big headache for defending champion Ding Liren. He takes up a lot of time while Gukesh on the other hand seems to play with a calm mind. So far, Liren has spent 27 minutes in his eight moves, while Gukesh has only needed three minutes.

World Chess Championship Live: Previous moves

Moving so far

1. c4 e6

2. g3 d5

3. Bg2 Nf6

4. Nf3 d4

5.OO Nc6

6. e3 Be7

7. d3 dxe3

8. Bxe3 e5

World Chess Championship live: Gukesh’s moves force Liren to think

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Insight into the opening moves

🇨🇳 Ding Liren opens with 1.c4
🇮🇳 Gukesh D answers with 1…e6

Game 12 of the FIDE World Championship match is underway! #DingGukesh pic.twitter.com/nXKpvMzvHA

— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) December 9, 2024

World Chess Championship Live: The first 5 moves

Here are the first five moves of game number 12

1. c4 e6

2. g3 d5

3. Bg2 Nf6

4. Nf3 d4

5.OO Nc6

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Liren starts with 1.C4

WOW!!! Defending champion Ding Liren starts the game with a 1.C4 move with the Whites. In his reply, D Gukesh shows his wit and plays e6.

World Chess Championship Live: We are on the move

The much-awaited game No. 12 of the ongoing World Chess Championship between D Gukesh and Ding Liren begins. For the Whites, Liren will make the first move. Let’s play!

World Chess Championship live: A look at the moves of the 11th game

Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.b4 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.a3 Bg4 6.exd4 cxd4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qc7 9.d3 a5 10.b5 Nbd7 11.g3 Nc5 12.Bg2 Nfd7 13.0–0 Ne5 14.Qf4 Rd8 15.Rd1 g6 16.a4 h5 17.b6 Qd6 18.Ba3 Bh6 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.Qe4 Nc6 21.Na3 Rd7 22.Nc2 Qxb6 23.Rab1 Qc7 24.Rb5 0–0 25.Na1 Rb8 26.Nb3 e6 27.Nc5 Re7 28.Rdb1 Qc8 29.Qxc6 Black gave up.

World Chess Championship live: Gukesh talks about conditioning coach Paddy Upton

“Working with Paddy (Upton) was super enjoyable and educational for me and given the height of the World Cup, there are more emotional battles than at any other tournament. We had many conversations. I learned a lot.” He said: “Many things helped me in many games. Because when you lose, you also lose focus or get emotional, but you should come back to the game and make the best move, so his teachings really helped me a lot.

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Gukesh’s remarks after defeating Liren in Game 11

“After the first game, I had to show mental resistance because of course losing the first game of the World Cup was not a pleasant thing, but then when I bounced back, I started playing good chess,” Gukesh said during the press conference.

World Chess Championship live: What have the results been so far?

With a lead of 6:5 against China’s Ding Liren, D Gukesh wants to win today. Here is a look at the results so far:

Game 1: Ding Liren beats Gukesh with black pieces

Game 2: Draw

Game 3: Gukesh beats Ding Liren with white

Day off – November 28th

Game 4: Draw

Game 5: Draw

Game 6: Draw

Day off – December 2nd

Game 7: Draw

Game 8: Draw

Game 9: Draw

Day off – December 6th

Game 10: Draw

Game 11: Gukesh beats Ding Liren with white

Game 12: Ding Liren plays with white pieces

World Chess Championship live: Carlsen says Liren has to win the game

Magnus Carlsen, who watched the game closely, expects Liren to bounce back today. He classified this game as “a victory for the Chinese.”

The Norwegian also gave him some advice. He said: “Just doing something social with his team. Just try to escape for a while.”

Carlsen also shared his own experiences from championship games. “I only lost once…to Sergey Karjakin. Then my world was pretty rocky for two or three days. I don’t envy Ding. There were still four games left for me too. It’s not easy for Ding.”

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live: Hello

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, Match #12 between D Gukesh and Ding Liren, direct from Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. Stay tuned for all live updates.