D Gukesh got off the mark in the 2024 Chess World Championship with an early draw against Ding Liren. The reigning champion, of course, leads the match 1.5-0.5 after Monday's thrilling win.

Liren will go into the lead in the third game on Wednesday. He had little trouble in getting a draw in Game 2. He could thus maintain his slender lead, though another 12 games remain.

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh on Tuesday said he is focussed on taking it one game at a time and is hoping for "many more good days" as he aims to upstage Ding Liren and become the youngest world champion in chess.

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The FIDE World Chess Championship is assured to offer high-stakes chess action as India's chess prodigy, D Gukesh, will lock horns against China's Ding Liren in a series of matches for the World Chess Championship Final.

In the ongoing World Chess Championship, Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh draws with defending champion Ding Liren in second game in Singapore on Tuesday. According to details, this year’s tournament marks the first time in 138 years that two Asian players were pitted against each other in the marquee clash,

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.