Featured is Game 5 of the World Chess Championship 2024 presented by Google, showcasing a historic battle between defending champion Ding Liren of China and challenger Gukesh Dommaraju of India. Going into Game 5 Ding Liren has 2 points, and Gukesh D has 2 points. Gukesh D has the white pieces in Game 5. The opening played in game 5 is a French Defense, Exchange variation. If 18-year-old Gukesh D wins this match he would become the youngest ever World Chess Champion, shattering Garry Kasparov’s record by 4 years! This highly anticipated best-of-14 classical games match has a time control of 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment starting from move 41. With a staggering prize fund of US$2.5 million, each player earns US$200,000 for each game won (including forfeits), while the remaining prize pool is split equally. In the event of a tiebreak, the winner will receive US$1.3 million, and the runner-up will take home US$1.2 million. The match is being held at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore, drawing the attention of the global chess community to this prestigious event.
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Image of Gukesh D in thumbnail by Lennart Ootes
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Image in video Courtesy of FIDE / Eng Chin An
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