Schedule, live streaming and prize money – Firstpost

India’s 18-year-old grandmaster D Gukesh is on the verge of history as he takes on reigning world champion Ding Liren, 32, of China at the World Chess Championship. Liren is the first Chinese world champion, while Gukesh aims to become the youngest world chess champion ever. Also, only one Indian has held the world title so far and there is no prize that can be guessed: Viswanathan Anand.

Gukesh, who hails from Chennai, is already the youngest challenger ever for the world chess title. At the record age of 17, he won the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament and thus became a challenger for the World Chess Championship.

Rules and format of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024

The final will be played as a single match with up to 14 classic games. The first player to reach 7.5 points will be crowned world champion.

Time control:
120 minutes for the first 40 trains.
60 minutes for the next 20 trains.
15 minutes for the rest of the game, with an extra 30 seconds per move from move 61.
Players are prohibited from agreeing to a draw before the 41st move.

Tie-break rules:
If the final ends in a draw, the game will continue in a tie-break.

Rapid playoff: A four-game series with a time control of 25+10.

Blitz Playoffs:
Two games with a 5+3 time control.
Another two game series with the same 5+3 time control if necessary.

Sudden death: Individual games with a 3+2 time control continue until a winner is determined.

World Chess Championship schedule D Gukesh vs Ding Liren

November 25th (Monday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 1

November 26th (Tuesday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 2

November 27th (Wednesday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 3

November 29th (Friday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 4

November 30th (Saturday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 5

December 1st (Sunday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 6

December 3rd (Tuesday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 7

December 4th (Wednesday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 8

December 5th (Thursday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 9

December 7th (Saturday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 10

December 8th (Sunday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 11

December 9th (Monday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 12

December 11th (Wednesday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 13

December 12th (Thursday):
2:30 p.m. – Round 14

December 13th (Friday):
Tiebreaks (if necessary)

December 14th (Saturday):
Graduation ceremony

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren World Chess Championship venue

The 2024 World Chess Championship between D Gukesh and Ding Liren will be held at Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore.

D Gukesh vs Ding Liren World Chess Championship LIVE Streaming

The 2024 World Chess Championship between D Gukesh and Ding Liren will be broadcast live on FIDE YouTube and Twitch accounts. You can also follow the chess games on Chess.com’s social media channels on YouTube and Twitch. The matches will not be broadcast on television channels in India.

Prize money of the World Chess Championship D Gukesh against Ding Liren

The 2024 World Chess Championship has a total prize money of $2.5 million (approximately Rs. 20.8 crore). Each win earns a player $200,000 (Rs 1.67 Crore) and the remaining prize money is divided equally between both grandmasters. If there is a tie-breaker in the championship, the winner will receive $1.3 million (approximately Rs. 10.83 crore), while the runner-up will receive $1.2 million.