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2024 FIDE World Championship

NOV 25 - DEC 13 SINGAPORE

World Chess Championship 2024 Info at a glance

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November 20 - December 15 2024
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$2,500,000 prize fund
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14-Game Match
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Classic Match

Results

Total
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
G7
G8
G9
G10
G11
G12
G13
G14
Ding
Ding Liren
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gukesh
Gukesh Dommaraju
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Schedule

Date
Event
Event local time
Nov 25, 2024
Round 1
5:00 PM GMT+8
Nov 26, 2024
Round 2
5:00 PM GMT+8
Nov 27, 2024
Round 3
5:00 PM GMT+8
Nov 29, 2024
Round 4
5:00 PM GMT+8
Nov 30, 2024
Round 5
5:00 PM GMT+8
Dec 1, 2024
Round 6
5:00 PM GMT+8
Dec 3, 2024
Round 7
5:00 PM GMT+8
Dec 4, 2024
Round 8
5:00 PM GMT+8
Dec 5, 2024
Round 9
5:00 PM GMT+8
Dec 7, 2024
Round 10
5:00 PM GMT+8
Dec 8, 2024
Round 11
5:00 PM GMT+8
Dec 9, 2024
Round 12
5:00 PM GMT+8
Dec 11, 2024
Round 13
5:00 PM GMT+8
Dec 12, 2024
Round 14
5:00 PM GMT+8
Dec 13, 2024
Tiebreaks
5:00 PM GMT+8

Players

Ding Liren
The Champion

Ding Liren

China China flag

GM Ding Liren is the current world champion. Ding finished second in the 2022 Candidates Tournament and earned the right to play for the crown when GM Magnus Carlsen abdicated the throne. Ding then defeated GM Ian Nepomniachtchi in the tiebreaks of one of the most thrilling World Championship matches in recent years to earn the crown.

Gukesh Dommaraju
The Challenger

Gukesh Dommaraju

India India flag

GM Gukesh Dommaraju is the youngest Challenger in chess history. The Indian prodigy qualified to play in the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament through the FIDE Circuit. Considered an underdog by many, Gukesh had a stunning performance, winning five games and losing only one to win the Candidates by a half-point margin.

Ding vs Gukesh

Head-to-Head
Ding Liren
Dommaraju Gukesh
The Champion

Ding Liren

vs
The Challenger

Gukesh Dommaraju

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Standard Chess
3
2
Rapid
4
1
Blitz
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Match Format
Broadcast
Prize
Location
  • The match will consist of up to 14 classical games
  • The first player to score 7.5 points becomes the world champion
  • The time control is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 60 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes for the rest of the game. There's a 30-second increment per move starting on move 61.
  • Players are not allowed to draw by agreement before move 41.
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cup $2,500,00 Prize money The winner of the match becomes the FIDE World Champion.
The 2024 FIDE World Championship will take place at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore.