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18-Year Old Gukesh Dommaraju Becomes World’s Youngest Ever Chess Champion

Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has made history by becoming the youngest chess world champion after defeating defending champion Ding Liren of China in the final match of their series held in ...
The New York Times

The World Chess Champion Could Lose His Title, and It Might Not Be Close

Chess’s biggest event starts next week. The reigning champion, Ding Liren, is seen as an underdog compared to an 18-year-old competitor. By Dylan Loeb McClain Never has a chess world championship ...
AOL

Chess' future looms over the world championship, once again missing its biggest star

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 ...

Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi Leaves Chess World Cup Venue Soon After Early Exit

Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi on Thursday sparked controversy by leaving his hotel immediately after being ...
Reuters

Chess-China's holder Ding beats Indian Gukesh in world championship opening game

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, ...

Chess World Cup: Diptayan Ghosh, who once took a 2-year break to work in a bank, beats 2-time world championship contender Ian Nepomniachtchi

Within an hour of the defeat, the Russian was seen checking out of the hotel. His loss to the Indian grandmaster was the ...