The Ding Dilemma deepens. Chinese world champion GM Ding Liren, suffering from a combination of ill health, inactivity and an inexplicable collapse of confidence at the board, came to the 12th Norway Chess tournament now underway in Stavanger with a modest goal: 'not to finish in last place.' That may have been too ambitious.
Chinese world champion GM Ding Liren, suffering from a combination of ill health, inactivity and an inexplicable collapse of confidence at the board, came to the 12th Norway Chess tournament now underway in Stavanger with a modest goal: “not to finish in last place.”Through Sunday’s sixth round of the six-player, double-round robin affair, Ding has a measly 2.5 points, with four losses and two draws at classical time controls.
A new low may have come in Ding’s Round 6 classical game with Carlsen. The Norwegian ex-champ, still likely the best player on the planet with a ratings to match, had defeated the Chinese star in Round 1 in an armageddon playoff blitz game after their classical game was drawn in 14 tepid moves. Astonishingly, it works here: 29…Rb2?? 30. Qxh7+ , and Black instantly resigned because, of course, 30…Kxh7 31. Rh4 is mate.
The pawn quickly advances to the seventh rank but Black catches a break as he rushes to prevent queening: 26. Ra6!? 27. Be3 c5 28. Bf1 Kf8 29. Bc4 Ke7 30. f3 Rd7 31. Rad1 Rb7 — Black has finally neutralized the a-pawn threat and the battle flares anew.
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