Gukesh D of India expressed his disappointment after giving up the advantage to defending champion Ding Liren of China in game 12 of the World Chess Championship in Singapore on Monday. After surrendering, Gukesh admitted that he had many chances in the second-half but did not shy away that he played poorly and where he went wrong on the board.

"This game is a bit of a disappointment. Luckily I have a rest day tomorrow, I will just try to play good games," Gukesh was quoted as saying by PTI.

"In the second half I had chances in many games. Today was a bad game, I won't draw too much out of it, we both are playing better than the first half but I think I had more chances in the second half.

"I was comfortable after the opening but then after his 16th move I was not sure”. not happy with his 17th move the Indian said it was just a “mistake”.

He also explained the reason behind his new opening choice, a reverse Benonin."I was prepared for a few moves, I didn't really exactly remember all the details, but I was aware of this position," the 18-year-old said.

With both players locked in at 6-6, Gukesh said, "Obviously it's not pleasant to lose this game. Yesterday also it could have gone either way. At least the scores are still tied, there are two more games remaining, so let’s see."

Liren, too shared his thoughts and said, "Yesterday was a difficult game to deal with since I was much better at one point and I just spent too little time on the critical moments. I spoiled a very promising position.

"I was caught by surprise in the opening I knew something but not this specific line. I put pressure on my opponent throughout the game and did not slip like last game.

"In the previous games it was not so clear I was also under the danger of being worse but today I realised I was much better," said Liren when asked about not pressing enough in the earlier games when he had chances.

Speaking about what revitalized his energy and how his trainer and mother helped, "Well (Richard) Rapport sent me a file called strike back, and my mom said 'you did it last time and you can do it again'."

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