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  • #16
    https://en.chessbase.com/post/fabian...e-one-in-depth

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    • #17
      Winning in game one of a World Championship match, with Black, playing the French: Hmm -- perhaps not done since 1927, when challenger Alexander Alekhine defeated champion J.R. Capablanca in Buenos Aires, which was Alekhine's first-ever victory over Capablanca; they had first met nearly 15 years earlier. That was an Exchange Winawer variation game, a fairly tame line where White didn't play very well, and Black took full advantage to record a highly impressive and significant win.

      In 1960, champion GM Mikhail Botvinnik tried the French in game one of their first title match in Moscow against challenger GM Mikhail Tal, their first-ever encounter. Tal won a sharp game in 32 moves, and Botvinnik didn't play the French again in that match, which he lost 6-2 with 13 draws. He tried it again in their rematch the next year, and lost again.

      I think that GM Ding LIren's win in game one is one of the most impressive games ever in a World Championship match. GM D. Gukesh as White never got a shred of an advantage, and was arguably slightly worse by move 20, deteriorating further from there. The Chinese superstar innovated as Black on move 9, with 9...Be7, in a fairly rare sideline (6.Nce2), which in that position had only been played once before to move nine by White (as per 365chess.com), and delayed castling (kingside) until move 31, while White had earlier castled kingside, on move 15. Black's delayed castling may have made it tougher for the 18-year-old Indian mega-star to form an effective plan. Black's early and very effective march with his a-pawn was somewhat reminiscent of 1940s-era King's Indian Defense games played by Ukrainian innovators such as GMs Alexander Konstantinopolsky, Isaac Boleslavsky, and David Bronstein.

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      • #18
        Game 3, Ding played like me. Poor fellow. Match now tied.

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        • #19
          Is his first name "Ding" or "Liren"?....Chinese convention is to put surname first, but often in western press they switch it to our format and put given name first.

          Bob A

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          • #20
            First name Liren.

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            • #21
              At that level must see tactics. The game was full of them. Strange move choices by Ding.

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              • #22
                https://www.chess.com/news/view/fide...ip-2024-game-3

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                • #23
                  https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-...onship-2024-g3

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                  • #24
                    Thanks Hans - I'll probably continue to use the Chinese format, with surname first, no comma, and given name last: Ding Liren.

                    Bob A

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                    • #25
                      Game 4 Ding continues with his opening surprises with 1.Nf3 but Gukesh had no trouble with it and the game ended in a draw.

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                      • #26
                        https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-...onship-2024-g4

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                        • #27
                          Game 5 Interesting happenings. Ding didnt play an opening surprise this time, he stuck with the French Defence that he won nicely with in game one. Gukesh played the exchange but got nothing from the opening and Ding had chances but the game petered out to a draw. We've got an interesting, fighting match going on folks. All tied up after five games.

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                          • #28
                            https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-...ship-games-1-4

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                            • #29
                              https://en.chessbase.com/post/world-...onship-2024-g5

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                              • #30
                                Game 6 post - re-posted below.

                                Something wrong with the editing function.

                                Bob A
                                Last edited by Bob Armstrong; Sunday, 1st December, 2024, 10:06 AM.

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