Gukesh vs Ding Liren Live Updates, Game 4 World Chess Championship: Liren opens with Nf3; Series level at 1.5 points apiece

The players exchange their dark-squared bishops. Gukesh would love that since Ding’s bishop on that a3 square looked kind of threatening. 

7. Bxf8 Nxf8

Ding Liren goes for a castle on the King side.

1. Nf3 d5

2. e3 Nf6

3. b3 Bf5

4. Be2h6

5. Ba3 Nbd7

The Indian takes over 7 minutes for his fifth move. He goes for Nbd7.

Gukesh moves his pawn on the d file, opting for d5.

The Chinese goes ahead with an unorthodox move with Knight to f3.

The round 4 between D. Gukesh and Ding Liren will get underway at 2:30 PM IST.

The World Chess Championship match will consist of 14 classical games. Each game will adhere to a time control of 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the remainder of the game, with a 30-second increment per move starting from move 41.

The World Chess Championship match between D. Gukesh and Ding Liren will consist of 14 games. The first player to score 7.5 points will be crowned the World Champion. If the match ends in a tie after all 14 games, a tiebreak will be held the following day to determine the winner.

Game 1 - November 25, 2024 - Ding Liren beat Gukesh

Game 2 - November 26, 2024 - Round ended in a draw

Game 3 - November 27, 2024 - Gukesh beat Ding Liren

Rest Day - November 28, 2024 - Thursday 

Game 4 - November 29, 2024 - Friday 

Game 5 - November 30, 2024 - Saturday 

Game 6 - December 1, 2024 - Sunday 

Rest Day - December 2, 2024 - Monday 

Game 7 - December 3, 2024 - Tuesday 

Game 8 - December 4, 2024 - Wednesday 

Game 9 - December 5, 2024 - Thursday 

Rest Day - December 6, 2024 - Friday 

Game 10 - December 7, 2024 - Saturday 

Game 11 - December 8, 2024 - Sunday 

Game 12 - December 9, 2024 - Monday 

Rest Day - December 10, 2024 - Tuesday 

Game 13 - December 11, 2024 - Wednesday 

Game 14 - December 12, 2024 - Thursday 

Tie-breaks (If needed) - December 13, 2024 - Wednesday

Where to watch the D. Gukesh vs Ding Liren World Chess Championship 2024 matches?

The World Chess Championship 2024 match between Gukesh and Ding will be streamed on FIDE social media handles (YouTube, Twitch), Chess.com social media handles (YouTube, Twitch) etc. 

You can follow all the live action, commentary, moves and live chess board widgets on Sportstar’s daily match blog.

Three games in and there’s nothing to separate the two contenders. Ding Liren drew first blood with a win in the opening round and then held to a draw in the second. 

But Gukesh fought back to square the series at 1.5 point apiece with his victory in the third round on Wednesday.

Will there be a clear leader today? Or will we see Gukesh and Liren share the spoils?