The 2024 World Chess Championship is currently evenly tied at 2-2 betweeen Indian star Gukesh Dommaraju and defending champion Ding Liren after four games. The first match was won by Diren before a draw in the second match. Gukesh made a strong comeback to win the third game before the fourth match ended in a draw.
Going into the fifth game on Saturday (Novmber 30), the contest is evenly tied. For those unversed, there are a total of 14 matches scheduled. The tournament which started on Monday (November 25) will go on for more than three weeks and is scheduled to to end on December 14.
World Chess Championship 2024 Schedule
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Saturday, 23 November: Media day, opening ceremony, and technical meeting
Sunday, 24 November: Rest day
Monday, 25 November: Game 1
Tuesday, 26 November: Game 2
Wednesday, 27 November: Game 3
Thursday, 28 November: Rest day
Friday, 29 November: Game 4
Saturday, 30 November: Game 5
Sunday, 1 December: Game 6
Monday, 2 December: Rest day
Tuesday, 3 December: Game 7
Wednesday, 4 December: Game 8
Thursday, 5 December: Game 9
Friday, 6 December: Rest day
Saturday, 7 December: Game 10
Sunday, 8 December: Game 11
Monday, 9 December: Game 12
Tuesday, 10 December: Rest day
Wednesday, 11 December: Game 13
Thursday, 12 December: Game 14
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Friday, 13 December: Tiebreaks (if necessary)
Saturday, 14 December: Closing ceremony
How is the winner decided?
The player who gets to 7.5 points first is declared the winner and crowned world champion. Each player gets one point for winning a match and 0.5 points for a draw. No points are awarded or deducted for losing a game.
If a player reaches 7.5 points before the 14th game, the closing ceremony is moved forward. If the score is tied after the 14th game, the match will head towards a tiebreak.
Each match among the first 14 games gives both players two hours to each to make their moves with a draw possible after th 40th move.
A tiebreak sees the two players play each other in four rapid matches. Each game sees a player have 15 minutes each to make a move with a 10-second increment. The first player to reach 2.5 points will win the world championship. If the scores are still level, the game heads towards a mini rapid match of two matches (10 minutes per player) with a five-second increment. The first to score 1.5 points wins.
Gukesh is looking to create history and becoming the youngest world champion in history. He is looking to become the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to win the elusive title.