After 9 draws in 13 games, Gukesh capitalised on an error by Ding and won the final game of the 14-game contest to be crowned champion.

Tuesday’s game was not the only time recently that the world champion has found himself in dire time trouble at the tournament.

Ding's 24th move to Re8 has pushed the AI prediction model (Leela Zero) in the favour of Gukesh, showing that the Indian now has a 52.8% chance of winning the match now. Ding has a little less than 15 ...

At a time when most kids are learning early lessons in math and science, chess prodigy Gukesh was already contemplating moves on the checker board. Within 5 years he would go on from being a ...