China’s Ding Liren, the world champion, and India’s Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, are level at 2-2 after four of their scheduled best-of-14 games title match in Singapore. Ding won their first game before Gukesh, the challenger, levelled in game three when Ding, in a hopeless position, lost on time while making his 37th move.
Friday’s game four was a calm draw by repetition of position in 42 moves, with frequent exchanges which finally produced a level rook endgame. They would probably have settled for peace earlier, but the match rules forbid agreed draws before the move 40 time control.
