Barely a couple of weeks away from the FIDE World Championship match in Singapore, defending champion Ding Liren of China has admitted that he is 'worried about losing very badly' to India's D Gukesh.

China's Ding Liren, 30 is the country's first winner of the World Chess Championship Ding Liren has become China's first men's world chess champion, after defeating Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi.

Ding hasn’t had a classical win since Wijk Aan Zee at the beginning of this year and he takes on Gukesh in the World ...

On current form, D Gukesh is the favourite to win the World Chess Championship title against his Chinese opponent, Ding Liren ...

Ding Liren, the reigning FIDE World Chess Champion, has a legacy that speaks to both brilliance and resilience. However, as he prepares for a title showdown with 18-year-old Indian prodigy ...

D Gukesh and Ding Liren have faced each other five times. Liren has won two of those, whereas the other three were drawn. That means, Gukesh will be at his level best to beat the World Champion.

Chinese grandmaster and world chess champion Ding Liren, 32, will defend his title against India’s Dommaraju Gukesh, 18, in a 14-game classical match starting November 25 in Singapore.

Chinese grandmaster Ding Liren is the world champion and Dommaraju Gukesh of India is the challenger. The 14-game classical match is sponsored by Google and will be played in Singapore.

China’s reigning world chess champion Ding Liren, who will defend his title against India’s D Gukesh in the championship to be played in Singapore. (AP) “Clearly, I’ll be the underdog ...