Indian challenger D. Gukesh was visibly disappointed at losing his advantage by surrendering the 12th match to Ding Liren in the closing stages of the World Championship, and had many chances in the second half of an interesting match. admitted that. With only two games remaining, the championship match will come to a heated conclusion. Both players are tied with six points each. “This match was a little disappointing. Luckily I have tomorrow off. I just have to play a good match,” Gukesh said after losing the 12th match. However, the Indian teenager said he and the defending champion showed quality chess in the second half of the match.
“We had a lot of chances in the second half. We had a bad game today. We’re not going to draw too much out of it. We both played better than we did in the first half, but I think we had more chances in the second half.”
Regarding the game as a whole, Gukesh said, “I felt comfortable after the opening, but after the 16th move I lost confidence.” Gukesh said he thought he was doing okay. .
“I had a few moves ready, but I didn’t remember all the details exactly, but I was aware of this position,” Gukesh said of his new opening selection, Reverse Benonin. . Commenting on the new situation in the match where the difference between Lilen and himself was six points each, the Indian player said, “Obviously it doesn’t feel good to lose this game.Yesterday it could have gone either way.” At least the scores are still level. We have two more games left so let’s see.” Lilen said he was well rested after Sunday’s disaster.
“Yesterday was a difficult game to deal with because at one point I was much better and I took too long in important moments. I ruined a very promising position.” he said.
Regarding his preparation, the Chinese player once again admitted that he was surprised, saying, “I was caught off guard in the opening. I knew something, but I didn’t know this specific line. I put pressure on my opponent throughout the match, I didn’t skate like I did in the previous game.”
“In previous games it wasn’t so clear that I was in danger of getting worse, but today I realized that I was much better,” he said when he had chances in the first half of the game. When asked about not being able to press enough, Lilen said:
On what fueled his energy and how his trainer and mother helped him: “Well, (Richard) LaPorte sent me a file called ‘Strike Back.’ He said, “We did it last time, so we can do it again.” PTI vs. AT AT
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