With Singapore hosting the 2024 World Chess Championship, ... China’s Grandmaster Ding Liren, will take on Indian grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh in the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship match.

The “Fan Zone”, a room dedicated for fans to mingle, play chess and watch the game live on TV, at the FIDE World Chess Championship Singapore 2024 at Equarius Hotel, Singapore, on Nov 26, 2024.

In May 2024, chess really wasn't a mainstream sport in Singapore. As they were considering a bid to host the 2024 FIDE World Championships, this was a chance for the sport to find a way into ...

Ad Policy. Ding Liren, top right, and Gukesh Dommaraju, top left, are seen during Game 1 of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore on November 25, 2024.

Later today, in Singapore, defending chess champion Ding Liren will face off against India's Gukesh Dommaraju in the first of 14 games of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024.

The 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore has taken place in front of packed audiences. Eng Chin An / FIDE. Sutovsky also pointed to the interest generated for this match in Singapore ...

China s chess grandmaster Ding Liren (right) and India s chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju compete during the start of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore.

When Anand won the World Chess Championships, the era was different. There was dispute in FIDE. Many westerners felt that an Indian did not have the mentality to win a major world title.

FIDE Master Ivan Travis Cu is gearing up for a major chess tournament in Singapore. The 15-year old Cu is set to compete in Group A division in the Singapore International Open 2024 slated from Nov.