Ding Liren became China’s first world chess champion on Sunday after a rapid-play tiebreak victory over Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi in Kazakhstan. Ding, 30, takes over as winner of the World ...

With nerves no longer a concern for him, teenaged Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh will hold the psychological edge against a slightly shaken defending champion Ding Liren when the two resume their ...

China's Ding Liren defeated India's Gukesh Dommaraju in their opening match of the final at the World Chess Championship in Singapore.

And he did, in the third game of the World championship against Ding Liren. He was trailing by a point with the first rest day of the match coming up. And he needed to win a game in the World ...