Get all the live action and updates from match 1 as Gukesh D vs Ding Liren clash will get underway in Singapore

Catch all the updates of D. Gukesh vs Ding Liren FIDE Chess World Championship Game 1 being played at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore on Monday.

China's Ding Liren beat teenager Gukesh Dommaraju of India in the opening round of the world chess championship in a major confidence boost for the title holder on Monday.

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh paid dearly for unwarranted complications in the middle game, allowing defending champion Ding Liren of China to clinch the opening game of the World Chess Championship in Singapore on Monday.

At just 18, Indian chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju is challenging World Chess Champion Ding Liren for the title in a historic match. Gukesh, already a record-setter, aims to become the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion.

Gukesh was forced into severe time trouble. He escaped losing on time by just one second. But world champion Ding Liren handed him a first game defeat in a few more moves.

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At one point, the Indian needed to make 7 moves in 45 seconds to avoid losing on time. He just about managed it with one second on the clock. But he resigned two moves later.

Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh lost to defending champion Ding Liren in opening game of World Chess Championship in Singapore on Monday, November 25.

D Gukesh is on the brink of making history as he looks to become the youngest chess World Champion of all time. Vishwanathan Anand is the only Indian who has held the world championship crown five times.