Ding Liren will retain the World Championship crown if he manages to beat D Gukesh on Thursday, but a draw will force the match into tiebreakers, which involves matches with shorter time controls.

D Gukesh and Ding Liren remained tied at 2.5-2.5 after an intense Game 5 draw in the World Chess Championship, with Gukesh's resilient defense countering Ding's calculated aggression to keep the ...

There’s still some time to go for the 2026 World Chess Championship, but reigning champion D Gukesh knows it’s time to start ...

Ding Liren became China’s first world chess champion in 2023 before hitting one of the most inexplicable slumps the game has ever seen. Now he’s locked in a tense battle to defend his crown.

Dommaraju defeated China’s Ding Liren in a 14-game match held in Singapore, clinching victory with 7.5 points to Ding’s 6.5.

One of the world’s biggest sporting competitions got underway Monday morning, with reigning champion Ding Liren taking game 1 of the World Chess Championship against 18-year-old phenom Gukesh ...

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Vincent Keymer is a rising star in the world of chess. The 20-year-old German has some impressive triumphs in his CV but his ...

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest-ever undisputed classical chess world champion after beating Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their best-of-14 final in Singapore on ...

Divya's win was as significant as the all-Indian final. Women's chess is a Chinese stronghold. It has been for almost double ...