Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh held defending champion Ding Liren to a draw in Game 2 with black pieces. Gukesh lost the opening game with white pieces on Monday in Singapore.

D Gukesh seemed satisfied after playing out a draw against Ding Liren in the second game of the World Chess Championship but admitted that there’s a lot of work to be done.

D Gukesh is on the scoreboard in the world chess championship 2024, playing out a draw in game 2 that both he and his opponent Ding Liren were only too happy to take after 23 moves, and around three hours of playing time.

At just 18 years old, Gukesh is setting out on an ambitious journey to become the youngest world chess champion in history. He faces Ding Liren at Singapore's Resorts World Sentosa in a championship that traces its roots back to 1886.

Liren will go into the lead in the third game on Wednesday. He had little trouble in getting a draw in Game 2. He could thus maintain his slender lead, though another 12 games remain.

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The FIDE World Chess Championship is assured to offer high-stakes chess action as India's chess prodigy, D Gukesh, will lock horns against China's Ding Liren in a series of matches for the World Chess Championship Final.

In the ongoing World Chess Championship, Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh draws with defending champion Ding Liren in second game in Singapore on Tuesday. According to details, this year’s tournament marks the first time in 138 years that two Asian players were pitted against each other in the marquee clash,