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: 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,…
D Gukesh vs Ding Liren (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: In Game 4 of the World Chess Championship final, India’s Gukesh Dommaraju drew with reigning champion Ding Liren of China. Despite facing an unexpected opening choice from Ding, Gukesh navigated the complexities to achieve a balanced position.Ding, employing the Reti Opening, aimed to deviate from the…
World Chess Championship 2024 is being contested between reigning champion Ding Liren (R) and challenger D Gukesh (L). (Image: X/ChessBaseIndia) Round two of the World Chess Championship 2024 sees India’s D Gukesh seeking a comeback against Ding Liren after Monday’s loss. The second round takes place on Tuesday in Singapore.In the first game, defending champion…
D Gukesh is being touted as favourite against reigning champion Ding Liren in the 14-game World Championship match which starts in Singapore on Monday. The Indian challenger is world No. 5 at Elo 2783 and Ding is No. 23 with Elo rating of 2728. The former is currently playing at his peak while the latter’s…
Chess Olympiad (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: The Chess Olympiad 2024 witnessed an unexpected moment when members of the Pakistan chess team were seen posing with the Indian flag during a post-tournament photo session. As seen in a viral video, the incident took place after the conclusion of the Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary. And since then, the…
Praggnanandhaa and Erigaisi (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met India’s young chess talents on Wednesday for their ground breaking success at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. Both the men’s and women’s teams won their first-ever gold medals.India’s men’s chess team triumphed over Slovenia, while the women’s team claimed victory against Azerbaijan…
The second-seeded men were almost assured of top podium finish Saturday night itself, but the top-seeded women had to fight it out. India won its first-ever double team gold at Chess Olympiad in Budapest Sunday – only the third country after the Soviet Union (four times from 1982 to ’86) and China (2018) to do…
Top-grade grooming to play chess with great mental and physical strength and maturity mixed with fighting spirit—equipped with this ammunition, D Gukesh created a cerebral firepower on the 64-square board. In the process, he did something incredible.Gukesh’s achievement is unbelievable considering his age (just 17) and lack of relative experience in playing elite round-robin tournaments….
