World Chess Championship 2024 opening ceremony and press conference LIVE
The World Chess Championship 2024 is set to take place between November 25 and December 13, 2024, in Singapore. This event will feature a match between the reigning world champion, Ding Liren from China, and the challenger, Gukesh Dommaraju from India, to determine who will be the World Chess Champion 2024. The opening ceremony and press conference of Gukesh – Ding in Capitol Theatre and Chessdom will provide live blog and videos from the 400 people closed door event. The live coverage starts at 12:00 CET, 06:00 EST, 19:00 local Singapore time. More: Gukesh vs Ding Liren, how and where to follow live the World Chess Championship 2024 Review: The press conference of Ding Liren and Gukesh
The buildup towards the World Chess Championship has been exciting. 157 articles and reviews appeared on the World Chess Championship in the past month on Chessdom, collecting the fantastic 1,1 million reads (as of today, three days before the start of the match), promising a record breaking interest that surpasses previous records and even threatens to tumble down the 10+ years record. Scroll down for a timeline of events leading to the World Chess Championship 2024.
Timeline of the World Chess Championship
15.08.2024 FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 is in Singapore
16.08.2024 Record in target: Between 100 and 200 million have followed the match Anand – Carlsen on TV every day
25.08.2024 World Chess Championship 2024 and Judit Polgar’s prophecy
12.09.2024 World Chess Championship 2024 is sponsored by Google
15.09.2024 Ding Liren considers Gukesh the favorite for the World Chess Championship 2024
17.09.2024 PH Nielsen: Ding Liren is favorite for the match with Gukesh
24.09.2024 World Chess Championship 2024 tickets are on sale
28.09.2024 India win double gold at the Chess Olympiad
28.09.2024 Gukesh wins individual gold medal
06.10.2024 Ding Liren – Gukesh 2024 – the game that did not happen
22.10.2024 Ding Liren considers the favorite for the World Chess Championship 2024
23.10.2024 Gukesh about the World Chess Championship chances
24.10.2024 Anish Giri about the World Chess Championship
25.10.2024 Happy birthday to Ding Liren
09.11.2024 Gukesh coach: Ding Liren’s bad form ‘does not matter so much’
10.11.2024 Garry Kasparov is the youngest World Chess Champion, Gukesh has a chance to surpass that
16.11.2024 Magnus Carlsen, “Gukesh is significant favorite for World Chess Champion 2024” (VIDEO)
17.11.2024 FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 experts predictions – Gukesh or Ding Liren
18.11.2024 Nielsen, “Ding – Gukesh is NOT the first World Championship
19.11.2024 Gukesh – Ding predictions, Carlsen’s take (take, take)
20.11.2024 Arjun Erigaisi, “Gukesh should focus, Ding Liren is not in good shape”
21.11.2024 Gukesh vs Ding Liren, how and where to follow live the World Chess Championship 2024
21.11.2024 2024 World Chess Championship – the chess table of Gukesh and Ding
22.11.2024 The opening ceremony of Gukesh – Ding in Capitol Theatre