For all the flow of action, all sport involves varied acts of waiting. We wait for the goal in football, the shooter to fire between heartbeats, a snarling Rafael Nadal to uppercut the air in delight.
In fact, in 46 years, the 'French' had been played just three other times during World Championship matches. Ding played the French in game 7 of last year's World Championship against Russian Ian ...
Grandmaster D Gukesh paid dearly for unwarranted complications in his middle game as defending champion Ding Liren of China drew first blood by defeating the teenaged Indian in a high-pressure opening ...