Gukesh held a strong position for much of the seventh game of the World Chess Championship against Ding Liren. However, Ding's resilient defense and c

All you need to know about Round 8 of the World Chess Championship 2024 match between D. Gukesh and Ding Liren being played at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore.

Ding Liren vs D Gukesh in the 2024 FIDE World Championship has now entered its second half and it was ushered there by a marathon of a game 7 that Gukesh nearly had in his grasp. Nearly, though, as Aaditya Narayan puts it here is never going to win you a World Championship and to do that the young Indian challenger needs to shrug off the vast disappointment of having missed out on a golden opportunity to make the current 3.

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren, World Chess Championship 2024 Live Updates Game 7: Indian Grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju frittered away a strong positional and

Clearly, chess isn't really a sport for the masses, particularly not in Singapore, just yet. But it is still a significant event. It is the first time in 45 years that the world championship has come to south-east Asia,

In Game 5 of the World Championship, Ding Liren and D Gukesh settled for a quick draw, leaving the match tied at 2.5 points, with nine games remaining.

At one point of game 5 of the FIDE World Championship, Ding Liren seemed to be favourite to force a result, but D Gukesh's defensive nous ensured that it would be honours shared to keep the score tied at 2.