When Ding Liren competes for the world championship chess crown in Singapore over the next three weeks, the likeable Chinese player will not — like most of his predecessors — be sitting at the ...

Even Magnus Carlsen, the most recognisable current player in chess and a five-time world champion, was older. If he beats Ding in the best of 14 games, Gukesh will trump the legendary Garry ...

The 18-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh staged a brilliant comeback in Game 3 of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, defeating reigning champion Ding Liren to level the score at 1.5-1.5. Gukesh ...

D Gukesh is the current India No. 1 and will also face Magnus Carlsen in a classical chess showdown in Norway this year.