World Chess Championship 2025: Gukesh vs. Ding Liren

Chess World Championship: Ding Liren beats Gukesh with commanding display in game 1
The head-to-head doesn't favour young Gukesh (as you'd expect considering his age) with Ding having won twice and drawn once in three classical matches, but as the FIDE Candidates and the Chess Olympiad showed rather emphatically, Gukesh is a player who improves with every passing day.
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At just 18 years old, Gukesh is setting out on an ambitious journey to become the youngest world chess champion in history. He faces Ding Liren at Singapore's Resorts World Sentosa in a championship that traces its roots back to 1886.
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