The World Chess Championship 2024 is set to take place between November 25 and December 13, 2024, in Singapore. This event will feature a match between the reigning world champion, Ding Liren from China, and the challenger, Gukesh Dommaraju from India, to determine who will be the World Chess Champion 2024. 33 days remain to the start of the World Chess Championship 2024 and Chessdom begins its countdown. Expect daily news, interviews, videos and more as we gear up for the World Chess Championship, the most important individual chess event of the year. All details on Ding – Gukesh: Preview / Schedule / Venue / Live / Promo video
Multiple experts have already stated their opinion on the upcoming match – talking about the rating slump of Ding Liren, of the effects of the Olympic gold on Gukesh, and more. But the one expert that the chess fans should listen to is the man, who himself participated in multiple World Chess Championships and won them all.
Magnus Carlsen gives his prediction on Gukesh – Ding Liren
Magnus Carlsen’s take (take, take) on the upcoming Gukesh – Ding match is not one sided. “This match is so open, but I think Ding Liren will get the first chance. I could see a scenario where Ding Liren gets two or three massive chances in the first five or six games. And he absolutely has to take them!” says Magnus Carlsen. “Ding cannot lose the first game. He managed to come back against Ian, but from what we have seen from Ding Liren from the last one and a half years, I do not think he will come back if he loses game 1,” continues Carlsen and concludes that Ding Liren is the likely player to win a game first. Throwback: How to play a World Championship like a World Champion!
What will be the number of decisive games in Gukesh – Ding Liren?
Magnus Carlsen believes the number of decisive games in Gukesh – Ding Liren will be high. “The only way we get a low number of decisive games is if Ding gets chances and keeps missing them.” Carlsen refers to the previous World Chess Championship, where the two players exchanged blows, and the expectations of Magnus are that this will continue in the World Chess Championship 2024.
Which openings will we see in the Gukesh – Ding Liren match?
Magnus Carlsen thinks we will see a variety of openings in the Gukesh – Ding Liren match. “My guess is that we will see both 1.d4 and 1.e4 in the match. What we saw from Ding last time is that he moved around the whole match, he had prepared seven ideas for seven white games.” Replay: Nepo – Ding all games / Reactions to 4.h3 by Ding Liren
See below the full preview video by the Take Take Take app. Scroll down for a full timeline of the news and predictions regarding the World Chess Championship 2024.
Timeline of Ding – Gukesh
15.08.2024 FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 is in Singapore
16.08.2024 Record in target: Between 100 and 200 million have followed the match Anand – Carlsen on TV every day
25.08.2024 World Chess Championship 2024 and Judit Polgar’s prophecy
12.09.2024 World Chess Championship 2024 is sponsored by Google
15.09.2024 Ding Liren considers Gukesh the favorite for the World Chess Championship 2024
17.09.2024 PH Nielsen: Ding Liren is favorite for the match with Gukesh
24.09.2024 World Chess Championship 2024 tickets are on sale
28.09.2024 India win double gold at the Chess Olympiad
28.09.2024 Gukesh wins individual gold medal
06.10.2024 Ding Liren – Gukesh 2024 – the game that did not happen
22.10.2024 Ding Liren considers the favorite for the World Chess Championship 2024
23.10.2024 Gukesh about the World Chess Championship chances
24.10.2024 Anish Giri about the World Chess Championship
25.10.2024 Happy birthday to Ding Liren
09.11.2024 Gukesh coach: Ding Liren’s bad form ‘does not matter so much’
10.11.2024 Garry Kasparov is the youngest World Chess Champion, Gukesh has a chance to surpass that
16.11.2024 Magnus Carlsen, “Gukesh is significant favorite for World Chess Champion 2024” (VIDEO)
17.11.2024 FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 experts predictions – Gukesh or Ding Liren
18.11.2024 Nielsen, “Ding – Gukesh is NOT the first World Championship match between players from Asia”
Interesting fact
Gukesh and Ding Liren played together in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024. Despite Gukesh shining and finishing tied for first place, while Ding trailing in the bottom half of the table, one of the few wins Ding Liren achieved was exactly against Gukesh. This was a repeat of the score from the Tata Steel Chess 2023. More about Gukesh – Ding Liren games here
