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INSANE: World chess championship ding liren leads gukesh dommaraju after game 2 draw - The Real Truth

Ding Liren on the way to a 23-move draw with Gukesh Dommaraju in Game 2
Ding Liren on the way to a 23-move draw with Gukesh Dommaraju in Game 2. Photograph: Eng Chin An

Ding Liren was unable to stretch his World Chess Championship lead as Game 2 against Gukesh Dommaraju petered out to a 23-move draw in Singapore.

Following victory in Game 1 for Ding, the defending champion, the scores now sit at Ding 1½-½ Gukesh with up to 12 classical games remaining.

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