Singapore outbids New Delhi, Chennai to host World Chess Championship match

Singapore will host the 2024 World Chess Championship match between India’s Dommaraju Gukesh and China’s Ding Liren, FIDE – the world governing body for chess – announced on Monday.

The match will be held from November 20 to December 15, 2024.

“The Singapore Chess Federation, supported by the Government of Singapore, has won the bid to host the FIDE World Championship Match 2024,” read a release from FIDE.

Apart from Singapore, two Indian cities – Delhi and Chennai – had also made the bid to host the World Championship match before the deadline on May 31.