D Gukesh and Ding Liren remained tied at 2.5-2.5 after an intense Game 5 draw in the World Chess Championship, with Gukesh's resilient defense countering Ding's calculated aggression to keep the ...

Magnus Carlsen's new rivalry with D Gukesh has been a constant throughout this year, and the Norwegian took another dig at ...

Ding Liren became China’s first world chess champion in 2023 before hitting one of the most inexplicable slumps the game has ever seen. Now he’s locked in a tense battle to defend his crown.

By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — 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 ...

One of the world’s biggest sporting competitions got underway Monday morning, with reigning champion Ding Liren taking game 1 of the World Chess Championship against 18-year-old phenom Gukesh ...

Ding Liren reacted to his play against Dommaraju Gukesh during their 14th game. How Hwee Young/EPA, via Shutterstock Indeed, those factors weighed heavily against him in Game 1.

(CNN) — 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.