After two games at the World Chess Championship in Singapore, the defending champion is in the lead Ding Liren front. He leads 1.5 to 0.5 against 18-year-old Gukesh. Ding won the first game with the black pieces, the game on Tuesday ended in a draw. The World Cup 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.