India, Singapore in fray to host Gukesh Vs Ding Championship contest

Chennai: The International Chess Federation (FIDE) is in advance talks with India and Singapore for hosting the World Chess Championship 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 official bid has been received till now.
The World Chess title match will be played between the reigning champion and Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren and the world’s youngest chess title challenger — 17-year-old Indian GM 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 said.
Last month, the All-India Chess Federation (AICF) president Nitin Narang told that the federation is assessing the possibility of hosting the marquee event in India. As per FIDE, the World Championship match consists of 14 games and the player who scores 7.5 points or more wins the match, and no further games are played. If the score after 14 games is equal, the winner is decided via tiebreak games. The FIDE had recently called for bids from interested parties to host the highly-ranked chess event, scheduled between November 20 and December 15. IANS