Another draw. Team Ding prepared their player well and he was
ahead on the clock as Gukesh drifted in a dangerous looking position.
I was licking my lips at the open file g-file v the Black King. Game on!
Suddenly Ding’s prep ended, he jumped into the think tank and came
out offering a three fold rep draw. Gukesh was not interested and on
the game went. With only the heavy pieces on the board a draw was
always looking on the cards. Both players probed but in the end a draw.
A mate in two pops up for Ding, Gukesh avoided it but I have a
couple of Red Hot Pawn games where the same idea was missed.
This is one of them. wolftune - runvuk RHP 2018
White to play and mate in two.
It is a rest day tomorrow. Next game is on Tuesday 3rd December
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