Gukesh faced a challenging start in the World Chess Championship, losing the opening game to Ding while playing white. However, he made a strong comeback in Game 3, securing a win.

Magnus Carlsen, the No. 1-ranked chess player in the world, suffered a defeat to current world champion Gukesh Dommaraju. See Carlsen's reaction.

Eighteen-year-old Indian grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh became the youngest-ever undisputed world chess champion by defeating 32-year-old Ding Liren of China in the final game of a 14-game championship.

India's Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest chess world champion at age 18 on Thursday, with the help of a huge mistake by title holder Ding Liren of China. Gukesh won the final in Singapore 7.5 ...

Ding Liren became China’s first world chess champion in 2023 before hitting one of the most inexplicable slumps the game has ever seen. Now he’s locked in a tense battle to defend his crown.

Magnus Carlsen slammed his fist on the table in frustration after suffering a shock loss to defending classical chess world champion Gukesh Dommaraju at the 2025 Norway Chess tournament on Sunday.

Gukesh has Ding on the ropes for most of Game 7 but the world champion digs deep to escape with scores level at halfway Bengaluru: After a quiet game in his previous turn with the White, Gukesh ...

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.

China’s world champion Ding Liren, who had not won a classical game since January and had sunk to No 23 in the rankings, defied forecasts on Monday as he outplayed India’s Dommaraju Gukesh, at ...