The $2.5mn world championship match in Singapore has turned into a tight contest as China’s Ding Liren, 32, and India’s Gukesh Dommaraju, at 18 the youngest ever challenger, remained level at 3-3 in their 14-game series before Monday’s rest day.

It's Game 6 in the World Chess Championship as both India's D Gukesh and China's Ding Liren will push to take an advantage with the scores being level at 2.5 points each. The previous Game 5 ended up being a draw as reigning world champion Ding had a good chance to pile up the pressure but he missed on his advantage in the endgame.

Fans in India can catch the live streaming of Game 7 of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 Final between D Gukesh and Ding Liren on FIDE and Chess.com's Twitch and 'X' handles

The match is interestingly poised now with the pendulum swinging towards the Indian as we go to the first rest day.

Indian challenger D Gukesh held defending champion Ding Liren of China to a draw with black pieces in an intense sixth game of the World Chess Championship to remain level on points on Sunday. The third draw in a row left both players on an identical tally of 3 points apiece,

At one point of game 5 of the FIDE World Championship, Ding Liren seemed to be favourite to force a result, but D Gukesh's defensive nous ensured that it would be honours shared to keep the score tied at 2.

SINGAPORE: THE two most dominant themes of the current chess World Championship were present on a nerve-shredding Sunday. Ding Liren has had no problems getting into advantageous positions. He has enjoyed that throughout 2024 and in this title match with D Gukesh.