Ding Liren became China’s first world chess champion on Sunday after a rapid-play tiebreak victory over Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in Kazakhstan. Ding, 30, takes over as winner of the World ...

Bengaluru: When Ding Liren blundered, resigned and walked away ... He has a likeable personality of a panda bear, and he is okay to talk about the demons in his head, being surprised by his ...

Gukesh Dommaraju will face the current champion, Ding Liren from China, later this year. This comes after he became the youngest player to win the important Candidates Tournament in Canada.

At the age of 18, Gukesh defeated defending champion Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 by winning the 14th and last classical game of their World Championship tie in Singapore. With this, Gukesh's total prize ...