The $2.5mn world championship match in Singapore has turned into a tight contest as China’s Ding Liren, 32, and India’s Gukesh Dommaraju, at 18 the youngest ever challenger, remained level at 3-3 in their 14-game series before Monday’s rest day.

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh played out a fifth consecutive draw with defending champion Ding Liren of China in the eighth game of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore on Wednesday (December 4,

D Gukesh Vs Ding Liren, World Chess Championship 2024 Live Updates Game 7: Indian Grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju frittered away a strong positional and

Clearly, chess isn't really a sport for the masses, particularly not in Singapore, just yet. But it is still a significant event. It is the first time in 45 years that the world championship has come to south-east Asia,

World Chess Champion Ding Liren expresses confidence and peace ahead of his title defense against 18-year-old Indian prodigy D Gukesh in Singapore. De

December will see Indian athletes in action across leagues and most notably D Gukesh, who is challenging for the World Chess Championship against Ding Liren. You can see details of other events in our 2024 sporting calendar.

For vast portions of game 7 on Tuesday, the challenger D Gukesh, playing with white pieces, held the upper hand. But Ding Liren, as he has done in some of the previous games, held on and salvaged a draw.

The seventh game of World Chess Championship between India's D Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren of China ended in a draw on Tuesday.

We’re just short of halfway through the 14-game match of the world title match in Singapore, and it’s becoming clear that as the champ goes, so will go the match.