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D Gukesh becomes World Chess champion: How much prize money did the Indian Grandmaster win?

Indian chess prodigy D Gukesh, 18, secured the World Chess Championship title on Thursday when he beat reigning champion Ding Liren in Singapore. He achieved this victory by clinching the last and final classical game.

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EXPLAINED: Why D Gukesh will prefer winning the World Chess Championship in Game 14 itself

The World Chess Championship battle between the challenger from India, D Gukesh, and the title-holder from China, Ding Liren, has gone down the wire. After 13 games, the match is on tenterhooks at 6.5 points each, with just one game left to be played in Singapore.

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FIDE World Championship: Game 9 a dampener after the promise of previous two battles

Only kings remained on board after 54 moves and more than four hours of play. Still, Game 9 in Singapore on Thursday felt like the most underwhelming draw of the World Chess Championship match between reigning champion Ding Liren and challenger D Gukesh. And that's because the preceding two games…

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World Chess Championship: Resolute Ding Liren snatches draw in pulsating Game 7

Ding Liren is showing why he is world champion and why he managed a streak of unbeaten 100 classical games at his peak in 2017-18.

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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

World Chess Championship: Fourth game drawn; D Gukesh plays with white pieces today against Ding Liren

"I believe in Fischer's quote – 'I believe in making good moves.'"

The Times of India

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.

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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

World Chess Championship: Gukesh holds with black; Ding leads 14-game match 1.5-0.5

D Gukesh is not back on track in the World Chess Championship match yet, but he has regrouped himself. And that was good enough to pass as satisfactory as he drew the second game with black pieces against Ding Liren in Singapore on Tuesday.

The Times of India

World Chess Championship: Ding Liren leads Gukesh Dommaraju after Game 2 draw

Reigning champion Ding Liren was fended off by challenger Gukesh Dommaraju’s stiff defence in a tense draw, but Ding leads 1½-½

The Guardian - UK

World Chess Championship: Gukesh gets early wakeup call as Ding Liren takes exciting win in Game 1

D Gukesh was ready to pounce, but he was not fully prepared for the counter-attack.

The Times of India

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

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World Chess Championship 2024: Where to Watch, Date, Time, and Full Schedule

The weight of expectations and of posing a challenge sits on the shoulders of teenager D Gukesh when he takes on the reigning champion Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship in Singapore from Monday (November 25).

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Ding will come to the match with right spirit: Gukesh

PUNE: D Gukesh, 18, talks fondly about witnessing the World Chess Championship match between V Anand and Magnus Carlsen in his hometown of Chennai in 2013.

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More Indians can make WCC cycle Surya Sekhar Ganguly

KOLKATA: It took years for an Indian to break into the World Chess Championship (WCC) cycle after Viswanathan Anand. And when it happened, we saw three Grandmasters make the Candidates this time. But GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly feels that it was not something unusual, but rather the beginning of a…

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World Chess Championship live stream 2024: How to watch Candidates Tournament free online

We've got everything you need to watch World Chess Championship 2024 live streams from anywhere, for free, as the tournament begins with the Candidates Tournament.

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Can Fabiano Caruana stop R Praggnanandhaa's rapid strides?

Fabiano Caruana is the only World Chess Championship challenger and losing finalist in history who did not lose a single classical game in the title match. He himself could not win a classical game in that 2018 match with Magnus Carlsen and lost in rapid tiebreaks. The American failed to…

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This was not real World Chess Championship, says Ubilava

Veteran GM feels FIDE Should've Done More To Persuade Carlsen To Play

The Guardian - UK

Magnus Carlsen will not defend his World Chess Championship title in 2023

Magnus Carlsen says he will not defend his World Championship title in 2023 against Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi

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