Liren will go into the lead in the third game on Wednesday. He had little trouble in getting a draw in Game 2. He could thus maintain his slender lead, though another 12 games remain.

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh on Tuesday said he is focussed on taking it one game at a time and is hoping for "many more good days" as he aims to upstage Ding Liren and become the youngest world champion in chess.

The position was at a stage where the engines showed a slight edge to Ding, with the white pieces, but he didn't really press home the advantage and chose to preserve physical and mental energy rather than exerting himself into what could've been a complicated endgame if he wanted to attempt to squeeze a full advantage out of that position.

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.

Defending champion Ding Liren of China on Monday ended a long winless run to beat teenage challenger Gukesh Dommaraju of India in the opening game of their World Chess Championship match.

SINGAPORE: Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh bounced back to draw a largely uneventful second game against defending champion Ding Liren of China in the World Chess Championship here on Tuesday. Playing with black pieces,

The FIDE World Chess Championship is assured to offer high-stakes chess action as India's chess prodigy, D Gukesh, will lock horns against China's Ding Liren in a series of matches for the World Chess Championship Final.

In the ongoing World Chess Championship, Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh draws with defending champion Ding Liren in second game in Singapore on Tuesday. According to details, this year’s tournament marks the first time in 138 years that two Asian players were pitted against each other in the marquee clash,