The World Chess Championship Match between Dommaraju Gukesh and Ding Liren starts tomorrow in Singapore. Ding Liren defends the World Chess Champion title, and 18-year-old Gukesh D is the youngest challenger in history.
The Match will be played from 25 November to 12 December, with 14 games. The player who scores 7.5 points or more wins the Match. If the score is equal after 14 games, the winner will be decided by a tiebreak which will be played on 13 December.
The total prize fund of the Championship is $2.5 million, with specific distributions based on game outcomes. Each player will receive $200,000 for each game they win and the remaining prize money will be split equally between the players. If the winner is decided on a tie-break, the prize money will be divided as follows: the winner receives $1,300,000, and the runner-up receives $1,200,000.
The match will be hosted at the luxurious Resorts World Sentosa and the tickets can be purchased here.
The Opening ceremony of the event took place yesterday together with drawing of colours which determined that Gukesh opens the match with White pieces. The Opening gala hosted 400 guests, while Mr Teo Chee Hean- Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security, Mr Arkady Dvorkovich- FIDE President, and Dr Hsu Li Yang- the President of the Singapore Chess Federation addressed distinguished guests and players.
Photos: Eng Chin An and Maria Emelianova