World Chess Championship 2024: Gukesh loses to reigning champion Ding Liren in first round
India’s D. Gukesh lost to reigning champion China’s Ding Liren in the first round of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore on Monday.
Published : Nov 25, 2024 18:49 IST , CHENNAI - 1 MIN READ
China’s chess grandmaster Ding Liren (R) and India’s chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju (L) compete during the start of the FIDE World Chess Championship. | Photo Credit: AFP
India’s D. Gukesh lost to reigning champion China’s Ding Liren in the first round of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore on Monday.
Gukesh, who had White in this round squandered time advantage to eventually lose the first round.
The youngster World Championship challenger, Gukesh will have the dark pieces in the second round tomorrow.
AS IT HAPPENED | GUKESH VS DING WORLD CHESS-CHAMPIONSHIP 2024, GAME 1 HIGHLIGHTS
This is Ding’s first classical win in 304 days after winning the last game at the Tata Steel Masters against Dutch GM Max Warmerdam in Wijk aan Zee on January 27, earlier this year.
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