Indian Grandmaster Vaishali Rameshbabu (8.5) emerged the champion ahead of Kazakh GM Bibisara Assaubayeva (8.0) after the 14th round of the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2026 at the Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort in Pegeia, Cyprus…
Uzbek Grandmaster Javokhir Sindarov with a stunning 9.5/13 score won the FIDE Candidates 2026 with a round to spare after the 13th round at Cyprus. In the women’s section, GMs Vaishali Rameshbabu (India) & Bibisara Assaubayeva (Kazakhstan) led the table with 7.5 points…
GMs Zhu Jiner & Vaishali Rameshbabu led the FIDE Women’s Candidates 2026 while GM Javokhir Sindarov led the Open section after the 12th round at the Cap St Georges Hotel & Resort, Cyprus…
GMs Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistan) and Vaishali Rameshbabu (India) led the FIDE Candidates 2026 after the 11th round at the Cap St Georges Hotel and Resort in Pegeia, Cyprus…
Gukesh vs. Ding, Game 8 Opening: Lightly trodden paths
Posted on December 4, 2024 BY Michael Ludwig
The eighth game of the 2024 Chess World Championship turned to an English Opening, as Ding Liren (White) chose 1. c4, and Gukesh (Black) replied with 1. …e5. The game is in unusual, but not unprecedented territory, most closely following Chopra-Theodorou (2023). Gukesh certainly knows what’s happening, as he has taken less than two minutes for nine moves, while Ding is almost down half an hour again within the first ten moves. It’s a funny comparison between Gukesh’s pawn structure and Ding’s faster development.
The first 9 moves of game 8 are given below. Follow the game live on Lichess, or on stream with commentary by Grandmasters Peter Leko and Daniel Naroditsky.
