The much-anticipated FIDE World Chess Championship encounter between India’s D Gukesh and defending champion Ding Liren will happen in Singapore from November 20 to December 14 with the winner strolling away with the title and an eye-watering sum of money.
How a lot is the prize cash is on supply for the World Chess Championship win you ask? Right here’s the breakdown.
The entire prize fund for Gukesh vs Ding Liren match is $2.5 million, with particular distributions based mostly on recreation outcomes.
The prize fund shall be distributed as follows: Every participant will obtain $200,000 for every recreation they win. The remaining prize cash shall be cut up equally between the gamers. If the winner is set on a tie-break, the prize cash shall be divided as follows: the winner receives $1,300,000, and the runner-up receives $1,200,000.
Additionally, one month earlier than the primary recreation of the World Championships, every participant shall obtain $200,000. This quantity shall be deducted from the prize fund. The remaining steadiness shall be remitted to the gamers inside fourteen working days after the completion of the World Championship Match.
India’s Gukesh turned the youngest ever participant in historical past to qualify for the FIDE World Chess Championship match when he received the Candidates event earlier this yr. China’s Ding Liren has been the World Champion since defeating Ian Nepomniachtchi within the World Chess Championship match final yr.
If Gukesh manages to beat Ding Liren on the World Chess Championship in November-December, he’ll turn out to be the youngest world champion in historical past.
Singapore had crushed the dual Indian cities of New Delhi and Chennai to emerge victorious within the race to host the World Chess Championship.