Reigning champion Ding Liren and challenger D Gukesh swapped their roles within the unfolding drama -facing deep trouble and enjoying a potentially decisive advantage -in a heart-stopping passage of play. But they were playing, evaluating and deciding within human limitations and hence did not see it as precisely as computers and AI-backed smart Alecs.
As a result, their eighth game of the World Chess Championship ended in a draw after 51 moves and four and half hours of a ding-dong battle in Singapore on Wednesday. It's 4-4 now in the 14-game match with Game Nine (Gukesh white) scheduled on Thursday before Friday's rest day.
