Gukesh Dommaraju clawed his method again into the World Chess Championship after successful recreation 3 over world champion Ding Liren on Wednesday. The 18-year-old’s win signifies that the best-of-14 contest is now evenly poised with each gamers having 1.5 factors every as the competition heads into its first relaxation day on Thursday.
For his victory on Wednesday in Singapore, Gukesh earned a whopping Rs 1.68 crore paycheque as per the laws in place for the World Chess Championship 2024, as determined by the worldwide governing physique of chess, FIDE.
FIDE laws for this World Chess Championship match, state: “The prize fund shall be divided as follows: Every participant shall obtain $200,000 for every recreation received (together with video games received by forfeit. The remaining stability of the prize fund (which is $25,00,000) shall be break up equally between the gamers.”
Which means that Ding may also obtain $200,000 for his victory in Sport 1 over Gukesh.
Relating to the prize fund for the World Chess Championship, the FIDe laws additionally state: “If the ultimate rating is 7.5-6.5 with 13 decisive video games or 8-6 with 14 decisive video games, the prize cash shall be divided as follows: the winner receives $13,00,000 (roughly Rs 11 crore), the runner-up receives $12,00,000 (roughly Rs 10 crore). If the winner is determined on tie-break, the prize cash shall be divided as follows: the winner receives $13,00,000 (roughly Rs 11 crore), the runner-up receives $12,00,000 (roughly Rs 10 crore).
The 14-game World Chess Championship will proceed until December 12. However the 2024 World Chess Championship will finish as quickly as one of many gamers reaches 7.5 factors. However within the case of a tie after 14 video games, tiebreaks might be performed on December 13.