World chess championship match

The World Chess Title Match: The International Chess Federation (FIDE) is in advance talks with India and Singapore for hosting the World Chess Championship Match to be played later this year, a senior official said. He also said that FIDE is likely to get more than one formal bid while no formal bid has been received till now.

The World Chess Title Match will be played between the reigning champion and Chinese Grandmaster (GM) Ding Liren and the world’s youngest chess title challenger Indian GM, 17-year-old D. Gukesh.

“No formal bids have arrived, but we stage intensive talks with several countries, with Singapore and India being on the most advanced stage. It is likely that we will get more than one formal bid,” GM Emil Sutovsky, CEO, FIDE, told IANS.