A catastropic blunder from Ding Liren on move 55 saw Gukesh capitalise and follow Viswanathan Anand in becoming the second world champion from India.

Chinese grandmaster and world chess champion Ding Liren, 32, will defend his title against India’s Dommaraju Gukesh, 18, in a 14-game classical match starting November 25 in Singapore. The ...

Ding Liren produced a chess masterclass to win game 12 of the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship against D Gukesh. ... which is when Gukesh settled down for his first long think of the match, ...

It had been an unexpectedly close contest in Singapore with Ding Liren. When he won, the normally stoic Gukesh clasped his hands at the board and burst into tears. By Dylan Loeb McClain Dommaraju ...

CHENNAI: During China's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s, chess was seen as a 'decadence' of the West. The result was an official ban on the game. Pos ...

Ding Liren's 55th move proved to be a catastrophic blunder, ... Gukesh sat down, broke into tears and as he rearranged the board, the emotions were writ large on his face.