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Gukesh shocks Ding in finale, wins title!
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 14Thursday, 12 December 2024 Gukesh wins world title after Ding blunders A triumphant Gukesh celebrates his historic victoryPhoto by Eng Chin An While Gukesh Dommaraju was considered the favorite in the match, there were serious doubts going into the 14th game. The teenager came off…
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Ding-Gukesh draw in thrilling battle!
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 13Tuesday, 11 December 2024 A heavyweight battle ends in a draw…tension high on even of final game The Ding-Gukesh draw today held the chess world in suspense. FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich made the ceremonial move and saw that the future of chess is in good…
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Ding strikes back in Game 12… match tied 6-6!
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 12Monday, 9 December 2024 Ding scores clutch win, score tied 6-6! China’s Ding Liren won a thrilling game over India’s Gukesh Dommaraju to tie the world chess championship match at 6-6. There are two classical games remaining with tiebreaks waiting in the event of a…
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2024 World Chess Championship: Game 3
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 3Wednesday, 26 November 2024 Gukesh breaks through… evens the score! Dommaraju Gukesh won Game 3 of the World Championship match with an impressive win over Ding Liren. This game rode on a razor’s edge when Ding was close to stealing the initiative. The game went…
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2024 World Chess Championship: Game 2
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 2Tuesday, 26 November 2024 Tense draw… excitement ratcheting up Game 2 of the World Chess Championship ended peacefully after a rousing start of the match. After Ding Liren won the first game of the match, many wondered if they had been “snookered.” Ding kept sounding…
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2024 World Chess Championship: Game 1
2024 World Chess Championship: Game 1Monday, 25 November 2024 Ding Liren wins the first game, quiets naysayers The World Chess Championship match has begun! Prior to the match, most everyone, including top Grandmasters, picked Dommaraju Gukesh as the favorite over Ding Liren despite his lack of match experience. They predicated…
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2024 World Chess Championship (Singapore City)
2024 World Chess Championship Singapore (November 25th – December 13th) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 pts. Ding Liren 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 6½ Gukesh 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½…
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Jamaica’s Wilkinson re-elected to FIDE post
Ian Wilkinson, attending his 11th straight Olympiad, was re-elected as a member of the FIDE Constitutional Commission (CC). He described the vote as being ‘hotly contested.‘ Wilkinson comes with some history in FIDE, having served eight years on the Ethics Commission and even running as Vice President in the 2022 Election.…
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2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 11
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 11Sunday, 23 September 2024 India wins double gold! Viswanathan Anand presenting the Gaprindashvili Award to India for combined performance. Both teams had already received their gold medals. Photo by Maria Emelianova Open The 2024 Chess Olympiad in Budapest ended with a bang as India completed its…
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2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 10
2024 Chess Olympiad: Round 10Saturday, 21 September 2024 India close to making history! Open Wesley So (USA) set to face Rameshbabu Praggnanadhaa (IND)Photo by Daaim Shabazz/The Chess Drum Wow! In the penultimate round of the 2024 Chess Olympiad, India impressively beat the U.S. and has virtually clinched the gold medal.…
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