World Chess Championship 2024: What happened in the final last year between Liren and Nepomniachtchi
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World Chess Championship 2024: What happened in the final last year between Liren and Nepomniachtchi

The Hindu  

Indian grandmaster D. Gukesh will challenge defending champion Ding Liren for the World Chess Championship title, starting on November 25 in Singapore. What happened in the World Chess Championship final last year? China’s Liren ascended to the throne after defeating his Russian rival Nepomniachtchi in the fourth rapid game of the first tie-breaker during last year’s final in Astana, Kazakhstan. Following this, the world chess governing body decided to conduct a World title match between the top two players at the Candidates, Nepomniachtchi and Ding, ranked second and third respectively in the world.

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