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.

Gukesh held a strong position for much of the seventh game of the World Chess Championship against Ding Liren. However, Ding's resilient defense and counterplay led to a draw after 72 moves. The match remains tied at 3.