World Chess Championship final 2024: Schedule, format, prize money, players
Al Jazeera
All the details about the biggest two weeks in chess as a young Indian grandmaster takes on the Chinese world champion.
The attention of the world’s chess aficionados will turn towards Singapore from Monday, as the city-state gears up to host the International Chess Federation’s (FIDE) World Championship final 2024.
It will be an all-Asian affair as Chessmaster Ding Liren, the reigning world champion from China, takes on one of the most promising young grandmasters, Gukesh Dommaraju of India.
Here’s everything you need to know about the final:
The final will take place from November 25 to December 13, 2024.
The four designated rest days will be on November 28, December 2, December 6 and December 10.
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