Ding Liren and D Gukesh. (FIDE Photo) NEW DELHI: Indian challenger D Gukesh and Chinese defending champion Ding Liren concluded their fifth consecutive draw, maintaining equal points in the eighth game of the World Chess Championship in Singapore on Wednesday.Both players remain at 4 points each, requiring an additional 3.5 points to secure the championship….
D Gukesh vs Ding Liren (Photo Credit: @FIDE_chess on X) NEW DELHI: The World Chess Championship match between the defending champion Ding Liren of China and the youngest-ever challenger, D Gukesh of India, witnessed another intense battle in the seventh game on Tuesday. Despite Gukesh’s promising position and significant advantage, the game ended in a…
D Gukesh opened up on why he rejected an early draw against defending champion Ding Liren in the sixth game of the grand finale of the World Chess Championship 2024. The teenager, quite remarkably, rejected an early draw by declining a threefold repetition, giving himself a chance to beat Ding. But in the end, after…
D Gukesh vs Ding Liren (Photo Credit: @FIDE_chess on X) NEW DELHI: In an intense Game 6 of the World Chess Championship, the 18-year-old Indian challenger D Gukesh held the defending champion Ding Liren of China to a draw with the black pieces. This was the third consecutive draw, leaving both players level on 3…
D Gukesh vs Ding Liren Game 5 (Photo Credit: @FIDE_chess on X) NEW DELHI: In the fifth game of the World Chess Championship 2024, the 18-year-old Indian challenger D Gukesh played with the white pieces against the defending champion Ding Liren of China on Saturday. The game ended in a hard-fought draw after 40 moves,…
Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh demonstrated resilience by securing a draw in the second game against reigning champion Ding Liren in the ongoing World Chess Championship on Tuesday. The game, largely uneventful, saw Gukesh, playing with black pieces, recover composure following his loss in the opening game due to a critical blunder in the French Defense. …
(Photo Courtesy: FIDE X handle) Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh secured a draw against the reigning world champion, Ding Liren of China, in the second game of the World Chess Championship in Singapore on Tuesday. Gukesh, playing with the black pieces, rebounded after his loss to Liren in the first game of the 14-game series on…
Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, Jannik Sinner further stamped his authority on men’s tennis by winning the ATP Tour Finals against Taylor Fritz. Elsewhere, the Billie Jean King Cup took center stage on the women’s tour…