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.

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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.

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 ...

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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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 ...

Ding Liren reacted to his play against Dommaraju Gukesh during their 14th game. How Hwee Young/EPA, via Shutterstock Indeed, those factors weighed heavily against him in Game 1.