Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, of India, captured the undisputed World Championship Chess Crown by beating Chinese world champion Ding Liren two Thursdays ago 7.5 to 6.5 in Singapore as was reported in the Chess Column last Sunday.
The world has a new chess champion. Grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, on Thursday became the youngest person to attain this goal when he won the last game of the 14-game match, taking the title for India.
At the conclusion of round nine of the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship on Thursday, the players were tied at 4.5-4 .5 in the 14-game encounter. The first player to reach the 7.5 points mark wins the contest.
Scores were tied after the first three games of the FIDE 2024 World Championship Tournament between challenger Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, a rising chess star from India and champion Ding Liren of China.
The FIDE World Chess Championship begins tomorrow in Singapore and features 14 classical games plus a rapid and blitz section if they become necessary.
At 18 years old, Gukesh Dommaraju often referred to as Gukesh D of India, is the youngest person in the history of chess to have ever qualified to become a contender for the title of World Champion.
Chinese grandmaster and world chess champion Ding Liren, 32, will defend his title against India’s Dommaraju Gukesh, 18, in a 14-game classical match starting November 25 in Singapore.
Although there are a substantial number of chess tournaments happening around the globe this November, the 2024 FIDE World Championship Match commencing November 25 takes precedence.
The Guyana Women in Chess Community (GWICC) is on a mission to increase women and girls’ participation in chess and will today host another Queenside Rapid Chess Tournament encouraging female chess players of all skill levels.
After five rounds of the 2024 US Chess Championships being held in St Louis, Missouri, favourite grandmasters Fabiano Caruana and Carissa Yip were leading the competition.
Guyana’s two-week sojourn at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest ended a fortnight ago with mixed results.
Guyana is being noticed at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, which ends tomorrow.
Guyana is being noticed at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, which ends tomorrow.
American Fabiano Caruana was one of grandmasters scoring wins on Thursday in Round Two of 45th FIDE Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary.
The great St Petersburg chess tournament of 1914, saw the world’s best players in attendance.
The ‘Overseas Friends of Guyana’s Chess from the USA donated a total of five tournament size chess sets to the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) in June, which were subsequently presented to the St Ignatius Primary School, Lethem in Region Nine through the Allied Arts Division, Ministry of Education.
On Tuesday August 20, resourceful English chess columnist Leonard Barden turned 95.
Russia’s chess grandmaster Boris Spassky became a household name in the West during his encounter with America’s Bobby Fischer in the 1972 “Match of the Century” World Championship contest.
Soviet-Armenian grandmaster and a previous world chess champion, Tigran Petrosian was noted for his impenetrable defensive playing style.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has published the teams which will participate in the 45th Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, from September 11-22, 2024.
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