Game 1 of the FIDE World Championship Match 2024: follow the action LIVE with commentary by GM David Howell and IM Jovanka Houska. The FIDE World Championship 2024 match is the first in 138 years to feature two contestants from Asia, the reigning World Champion, China’s Ding Liren and challenger Dommaraju Gukesh from India competing for the title and a prize fund of US$2.5 million.
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    The Match
    The FIDE World Championship 2024 match is the first in 138 years to feature two contestants from Asia, the reigning World Champion, China’s Ding Liren and challenger Dommaraju Gukesh from India competing for the title and a prize fund of US$2.5 million.
    The Match also features a landmark title sponsorship from Google, the first time a global technology leader has partnered with the FIDE World Championship.
    Host

    The event is held in Singapore, one of the most iconic global tourist and business hubs in the world. This will only be the second time the World Championship match is hosted in Southeast Asia after Baguio in 1978.

    Venue

    The match is contested at Resorts World Sentosa, renowned for its luxurious facilities and world-class hospitality. Sentosa is an island resort off Singapore’s southern coast, connected to the city by road, cable car, pedestrian boardwalk and monorail.

    Regulations

    Best of 14 classical games, with a time control of 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move 41. If the score after 14 games is equal, tie-breaks will be played.

    Ding Liren
    32 years old | Peak rating: 2816 | From Wenzhou, China Grandmaster since 2009 |
    The strongest Chinese player in history | Youngest-ever Chinese champion at 16 | 100-game unbeaten streak from 2017-2018
    Meet the players
    World Champion Ding Liren takes on Candidates 2024 Winner D. Gukesh.
    The stage is perfectly set: The World Champion versus the youngest Challenger of all time! Will Ding prove once again he is one of the strongest players of all time, or will Gukesh make history at the tender age of 18?
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    The Singapore Chess Federation (SCF) was founded in 1949 and is the national governing body for international chess in Singapore. Our mandate is to cultivate a thriving and inclusive chess community; to nurture and develop elite athletes; and to bring the benefits of chess to the underserved in our society.
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    The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE, is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.
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    Title Sponsor
    Google's mission is to organise the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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    Silver Sponsor
    Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), Asia’s premium lifestyle destination resort, is located on Singapore’s resort island of Sentosa. Spanning 49 hectares, RWS is home to world-class attractions including Universal Studios Singapore, S.E.A. Aquarium, Dolphin Island and Adventure Cove Waterpark.
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    Sport Singapore is a statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. As the national sporting agency, Sport Singapore’s core purpose is to inspire the Singapore spirit and transform Singapore through sport.
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    The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Singapore. It champions the development of Singapore's tourism sector and undertakes the marketing and promotion of Singapore as a tourism destination.
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    Chessable is the world’s leading chess E-learning platform and largest digital chess library in the world. Chessable’s mission is to make learning chess as fun and efficient as possible. It has published interactive video courses by a wide range of presenters and authors, including many of the world’s top players such as current World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen.
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    Did you know that Singapore 2024 is the first FIDE World Championship match
    contested by 2 Asian players?
    World Championship Set
    Official Chess Set

    The iconic World Chess Championship set approved by FIDE for the elite events and exclusively used in the World Chess Championship matches and cycle events. Designed by Pentagram’s Daniel Weil for World Chess, the set is one of the most iconic chess designs in the world. Inspired by the Staunton, the set has been designed with the help of Vladimir Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen.

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