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Indian teen credits Magnus Carlsen as he becomes youngest ever world chess champion

Gukesh Dommaraju beat China’s defending champion Ding Liren to take title

The Independent UK

Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world chess champion after horrific Ding Liren blunder

Gukesh Dommaraju is the 18th world chess champion after defeating Ding Liren in the 14th and final game of their world championship match

The Guardian - US

Ding hangs on in nerve-shredding Game 13 draw with Gukesh as title tilt nears climax

Ding Liren hung on for a high-wire draw with Gukesh Dommaraju on Wednesday in the 13th game of their world title showdown in Singapore

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Gukesh Dommaraju in tears after Ding Liren resurrects world title defense with dramatic Game 12 win

Ding Liren scored a dramatic win over Gukesh Dommaraju in the 12th game of their world championship showdown to level the match score at 6-all

The Guardian - US

Shock Ding Liren blunder in Game 11 leaves Gukesh D on verge of world title

Gukesh Dommaraju snapped a streak of seven straight draws by defeating Ding Liren in Sunday’s 11th game of their world title match in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Ding Liren and Gukesh D play to seventh straight draw in taut world title clash

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a seventh straight draw on Saturday in the 10th game of their world championship match in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Ding Liren and Gukesh D play to rollercoaster draw in Game 8 of title tilt

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a fifth successive draw in Wednesday’s eighth game of their world title match in Singapore

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Ding Liren escapes after blunder in wild 72-move draw with Gukesh D in Game 7

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju remain deadlocked through seven games of their $2.5m world title match after a fourth successive draw on Tuesday

The Guardian - US

Another tight draw as Ding Liren and Gukesh D battle for world chess title

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a third successive draw in Game 6 of their $2.5m world championship showdown in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Ding Liren lets Gukesh D off hook in Game 5 draw as world title match remains deadlocked

Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a 40-move draw in the fifth game of the world chess championship on Saturday in Singapore

The Guardian - US

Gukesh and Ding Liren draw Game 4 of tied World Chess Championship final

Indian teenager and China’s reigning world champion record second draw of 14-game final in Singapore.

Al Jazeera

Ding Liren and Gukesh D all square in world title match after 42-move draw in Game 4

Ding Liren, left, and Gukesh Dommaraju played to a draw on Friday in the fourth game of their world title match in Singapore.

The Guardian - US

Gukesh and Ding tied in world chess title clash as England’s best pitch up at Emirates

After Gukesh Dommaraju and Ding Liren draw game four to tie the match at 2-2, English talents prepare to take on overseas rivals

The Guardian - UK

Gukesh beats Ding Liren in Game 3; ties World Chess Championship final

Indian teenager makes comeback on day three after losing the opening game and drawing the second one in Singapore.

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Gukesh Dommaraju levels World Chess Championship as Ding Liren loses on time in Game 3

Gukesh Dommaraju has scored his first win of the world chess championship over Ding Liren in the third game of their $2.5m showdown in Singapore

The Guardian - US

From Bobby Fischer to Magnus Carlsen: 22 of the most famous world chess championship games

The 138-year history of the world chess championship is filled with games of rare precision, imagination and brilliance. Go move by move through 22 of them below

The Guardian - US

World Chess Championship 2024: Ding Liren v Gukesh Dommaraju pre-match questions, answered

Not sure when the world chess championship starts, who’s tipped to win, and why Magnus Carlsen isn’t playing? We (mostly) have the answers

Al Jazeera

World Chess Championship final 2024: Schedule, format, prize money, players

All the details about the biggest two weeks in chess as a young Indian grandmaster takes on the Chinese world champion.

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India wins historic double team gold at FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024

India’s two team and four individual gold medals are hailed as the beginning of its reign as the ‘best chess nation’.

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Teenage Indian Chess Prodigy Gukesh D Wins Candidates Tournament

Seventeen-year-old Gukesh D's historic win at the Candidates Tournament sets the stage for a potential clash with world champion Ding Liren at the 2024 Wor...

The Hindu

Gukesh's win tectonic shift in world chess order: Kasparov

Garry Kasparov praises Indian teen Grandmaster D. Gukesh for becoming youngest world title challenger, marking chess world's shift.

The Guardian - US

Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest challenger for world chess title

Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest player to win the men’s Candidates chess tournament after a draw against Hikaru Nakamura on a nailbiting final day

Al Jazeera

Indian teenager Gukesh to challenge China’s Ding for world chess title

Seventeen-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju sets up world title showdown after winning the 2024 Candidates Tournament.

The Guardian - UK

Caruana favourite as Candidates begins while Carlsen wins sixth event in a row

The contest to decide Ding Liren’s challenger began on Thursday, while the world No 1 kept up his winning streak in the Grenke Classic

ABC News

Teenage chess prodigy Gukesh D beats world champion Magnus Carlsen

Indian teenager Gukesh D makes chess history by becoming the youngest player to beat Magnus Carlsen during his reign as world champion.

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