FIDE on Monday introduced that Singapore will host the 2024 World Championship match between India's chess sensation D Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren of China. The event implies that Gukesh is not going to be competing on dwelling turf as neither Delhi nor Chennai have been in a position to safe the rights to host the much-anticipated occasion scheduled to be held from November 20 to December 15. “The Singapore Chess Federation, supported by the Singapore Authorities, has received the bid to host the FIDE World Championship Match 2024,” FIDE mentioned in a launch.
“After reviewing the bids and inspecting all potential host cities for his or her venues, services, programmes and alternatives, the Worldwide Chess Federation has chosen Singapore because the host of the World Championship match,” FIDE mentioned in a launch.
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