Musings on Chess

Ding mentioned on the previous day that the last round game would not be a short draw. Going by this it was clear that Ding would try and m...

After a long last back to 1.e4 to try and break down the French. This was a very tough fight, where Gukesh had Ding on the ropes, but Ding d...

Ding produced one of his best when pushed to dire straits. He played such a controlled game where there was never a chance for Black to comp...

 After a rather eventless draw in the 10th game, this game was turbo charged. Gukesh showed intent to surprise Ding, even with a not an enti...

In connection with the last game, this was perhaps also the game where the equilibrium was not disturbed at all, or rather even tried to! Di...

Gukesh surprised Ding with the Catalan, a mainstream line that Ding himself is an expert on with White. Despite a slightly lesser played ide...