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Nov 25 (Reuters) - China's Ding Liren beat teenager Gukesh Dommaraju of India in the opening round of the world chess championship in a major confidence boost for the title holder on Monday. Ding, ...

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren battle has intensified after 7th game made the scores 4-3. World Chess Championships 2023 ...

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. The 18-year-old Gukesh ...

Last spring, Ding Liren was on top of the chess world. A 30-year-old super grandmaster, Ding had displayed nerves of steel to sweep aside his Russian opponent and become China’s first-ever world ...

Eighteen-year-old Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju has become the new world chess champion, winning the final game of the title match after a dramatic blunder from the reigning champ, China’s Ding ...

Dr. Rajinikanth and his wife Dr. Padma would regularly play chess together for fun at their family home in India. Always at their side, watching wide-eyed, observing intensely as each piece was ...

After three weeks and 18 contests, the chess world championship came down to the final minute of the tiebreaker on Sunday as China’s Ding Liren defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi in a wild conclusion in ...

Ding prevailed in a rapid-play tiebreaker against Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. He is the first Chinese man to hold the world title. By Dylan Loeb McClain Chess is considered the ultimate game of cold ...