Attendees can expect a "market-like" event with a myriad of activities.
World chess champion Ding Liren will face India's Gukesh Dommaraju in Singapore for the world championship from Nov 25 to Dec 13.
The event, which has tech giant Google as the title sponsor, has a total prize purse of US$2.5 million, with the winner bagging US$1.3 million if the match goes to tiebreaks. Ahead of their titanic battle, Gukesh, 18, said via the International Chess Federation: “In general, I don’t believe in predictions and who are the favourites. I just think whoever shows up every day as the best will win the game eventually.
Top grandmasters such as former women’s world champions Xie Jun and Hou Yifan, along with five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand and Asia’s first-ever grandmaster Eugenio Torre will also be in town for the event. Singapore Chess Federation chief executive Kevin Goh said: “It will be a vibrant, almost market-like place with a myriad of activities going on for the chess enthusiast.
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