Game 7 of the 2024 FIDE World Championship saw Ding Liren escape a near defeat against Gukesh D after a dramatic blunder. The match remains tied 3.5-3.5 as tension rises in Singapore.

Youngest-ever challenger D Gukesh settles for a draw against defending champion Ding Liren in a marathon World Chess Championship game.

If Gukesh wins, then there will be more than just a title in his lap as the total prize money of the championship is set at $2.5 million

Both Gukesh and Ding Liren managed to earn 0.5 points from the sixth game, and have the scores tied 3-3 with eight games to be played

Ding Liren vs D Gukesh in the 2024 FIDE World Championship has now entered its second half and it was ushered there by a marathon of a game 7 that Gukesh nearly had in his grasp. Nearly, though, as Aaditya Narayan puts it here is never going to win you a World Championship and to do that the young Indian challenger needs to shrug off the vast disappointment of having missed out on a golden opportunity to make the current 3.

Indian challenger D Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren of China played out a draw in the seventh game of the World Chess Championship to remain level on points here on Tuesday.