Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
It was played to a best of 14 games, with tiebreaks if required. [1] The match was won by Gukesh 7½–6½ after 14 games. The win made Gukesh, at age 18, the youngest undisputed world champion. Ding Liren won the 2023 World Chess Championship by defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi, after reigning champion Magnus Carlsen declined to defend his title.
Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest-ever undisputed classical chess world champion after beating Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their best-of-14 final in Singapore on Thursday.
Gukesh Dommaraju returned ... Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their best-of-14 final in Singapore on Thursday after the Chinese player blundered in the final game. ... who was 22 years old when he won his ...
Firouzja won all 7 games, including a win against former world championship challenger Gata Kamsky. This gained Firouzja enough rating to surpass So on the January 2024 rating list even if the Chartres event was not rated, which turned out to be the case. [31] Firouzja was officially confirmed as the rating qualifier on the January ratings list ...
Following this, the number of games was increased to 14. [71] Citing a lack of motivation and interest in the format, incumbent five-time champion Magnus Carlsen declined to defend his title in 2023. [72] Instead, the match featured the two best performers in the Candidates, with Ding Liren defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi to become the new World ...
Ding Liren slumped over the board with fallen chess pieces scattered in front of him in the moments after he won the Chess ... looms over both Ding and Gukesh. Most famously, Garry Kasparov and ...
Instead he demanded that the match should be won by whoever first won 10 games, except that if the score reached 9–9 he should remain champion. He argued that this was more advantageous to the challenger than the champion's advantage under the existing system, where the champion retained the title if the match was tied at 12–12 including draws.
Ding admitted to mental health challenges, revealing how self-doubt and anxiety have affected his game. Facing Ding in this year’s championship is Gukesh, a prodigy aiming to become the youngest ...