India’s GM Gukesh Dommaraju and reigning champion GM Ding Liren from China, agreed on a draw after nearly three hours of play in Round 2 of World Chess Championship 2024, at Singapore's Equarius Hotel in Resorts World Sentosa, on Tuesday, November 26.

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Game 2 ended in a draw after a threefold repetition.

Game 1, on Monday, saw Ding – playing with the black pieces – upsetting his 18-year-old opponent to take an early lead.

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In Round 1, on Monday, the 32-year-old Chinese took a 1-0 lead in the 14-game Championship, with the GM to reach 7.5 points first set to win the world title. It was Liren&039;s first classical win in 304 days.

The 18-year-old Gukesh had come up with an early surprise in the opening, pushing his king pawn forward, with attacking intentions in a line similar to what the legendary Viswanathan Anand picked in his first world championship-winning contest against Alexei Shirov of Spain in 2001. The Chinese chose the French defense to combat the situation and, Gukesh resigned on the 42nd move.

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Gukesh, who is the youngest ever challenger for the world championship crown will play with the white pieces again in Round 3, on Wednesday.