The World Chess Championship in Singapore got off to a furious start on Monday. The world champion Ding Lirenwho hadn’t played well recently, won with the black pieces. He leads 1-0 against 18-year-old Gukesh from India. The duel is scheduled for up to 14 games. There is one point for every win and half a point for every draw. The player who first reaches 7.5 points becomes world champion.

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Our reporter Ulrich Stock writes from the scene of the incident. You can read all the texts from Singapore here. Grandmaster Niclas Huschenbeth provides video analyzes of all games for ZEIT ONLINE.