Ding Liren Accused Of Losing On Purpose By Russian Chess Federation President; Calls For FIDE Investigation
Ding Liren lost in a hearbreaking Game 14 due to a crushing blunder late in the game against Gukesh (X) It’s been less than a couple hours and Ding Liren is already under fire — not from chess fans alike but the President of the Russian Chess Federation Andrei Filatov — who has accused the Chinese GM of losing his title out to D Gukesh on purpose in Game 14 of the World Chess Championships on Thursday. Liren and Gukesh were involved in a nail-biter of a final game, having thrown haymakers all through the match, with both players needing nothing but a win to secure the title. Ding, who was poised to play out a draw and force young Gukesh to four games of Rapid chess to defend his title, lost track on move 55, and blundered, allowing the Indian to capitalise on the same and secure the victory and the World Champion title. In light of the outcome, Filatov, as quoted by Russian agency TASS, had come out and accused Ding of throwing the game, asking FIDE to launch an investigation to ...