2024 FIDE World Chess Championship: D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren – Everything You Need To Know

The highly anticipated 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship match between India’s D Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren is set to take place at Singapore’s Equarius Hotel in Resorts World Sentosa from November 23 to December 13. The reigning World Champion, Ding Liren, will face off against the challenger, Gukesh Dommaraju, in a fourteen-game classical chess match to determine the ultimate winner.

The player who scores 7.5 points or more will claim the title and the better part of the USD 2.5 million total prize fund. The schedule for the match is packed with intense gameplay, starting with the official opening ceremony on November 23 and games scheduled throughout the following weeks until the closing ceremony on December 14.

Ding Liren, rated 2728, is the reigning World Champion and will defend his title for the first time against the young and talented Gukesh Dommaraju, who has taken the chess world by storm with his impressive FIDE rating of 2783. The head-to-head record between the two players favors Ding Liren, but Gukesh is determined to make his mark in this historic match.

Fans can catch all the action live on the YouTube and Twitch channels of FIDE and Chess.com, as there is no official telecast of the event on television. With the stakes high and the competition fierce, the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship match between Gukesh and Liren promises to be a thrilling battle of wits and strategy.