Ding, Dommaraju tied after six games at World Chess Championship
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Teen challenger Gukesh Dommaraju of India holds reigning champ Ding Liren after first week of competition.
The 2024 World Chess Championship is finely poised after defending champion Ding Liren and teenage challenger Gukesh Dommaraju played out a thrilling 46-move draw in Singapore.
The score is tied at three points each after six games, rounding off the first week of the 14-game series.
Monday will be a rest day, and play resumes on Tuesday.
Ding, a Chinese grandmaster, started strongly on Sunday, putting his 18-year-old Indian challenger on the defensive.
But Dommaraju recovered to send the match down into a dramatic double-rook endgame with pawns strewn across the board.
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