Live ticker Ding Liren – Jan Nepomnjaschtschi (World Chess Championship 2023, 14th game)

10:32

Four of the Chinese’s six white games with a decision

Hope that the 2023 World Chess Championship will be decided this Saturday is given by the fact that four of Ding Liren’s six white games brought a decision. After losing his very first game with White straight away, the Chinese took four out of a possible five points from the subsequent five games in which he led the White pieces.

10:24

Will the decision be made today?

After 13 of 14 games it is 6.5 to 6.5. The player who wins today automatically becomes the 17th world chess champion in history. Should the game end in a draw, however, both players will meet again in the tie-breaks tomorrow on Sunday, when the final decision will be made in four rapid chess games.

10:19

Welcome to the final game

Hello and welcome from Astana, Kazakhstan, where today the 14th match of the 2023 World Chess Championship will take place between Jan Nepomnyashchi and Ding Liren. The game starts at 11:00 a.m.