Chinese world champion Ding Liren put a string of recent shaky performances behind him, stunning Indian challenger Dommaraju Gukesh with the black pieces to take the first game of their scheduled 14-game world title match Monday in Singapore.

SINGAPORE: Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh clinched his first win over defending champion Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship, outplaying the Chinese on time control in the third round to draw level on points here on Wednesday.

China's Ding Liren, the reigning champion, won the first game of the World Chess Championship after Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh paid a heavy price for unnecessary complications in the middle game.

The battle for the chess crown had an explosive start as Chinese star Ding Liren forced Indian challenger Gukesh Dommaraju to resign.

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Ding Liren won his first game in 304 days as D Gukesh suffered an opening day defeat in game 1 of the World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore on Monday. All eyes will be on the Indian prodigy as he looks to level things up in Game 2.

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.

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After losing with White on Monday, the challenger was in control, agreeing a 23-move draw with the Chinese champion