The opening ceremony of Gukesh – Ding in Capitol Theatre
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. More: Gukesh vs Ding Liren, how and where to follow live the World Chess Championship 2024 The opening ceremony of Gukesh – Ding in Capitol Theatre and Chessdom will provide live blog and videos from the 400 people closed door event. Here is what the organizer of the World Chess Championship Kevin Goh Wei Ming says about the opening ceremony and the latest proceedings of the match.
Kevin Goh Wei Ming, organizer of Gukesh – Ding Liren match
By this time tomorrow, we would have concluded the opening ceremony of the World Chess Championship. Initially catering for 300 for this closed door, invite-only event, we now expect over 400 people to show up at the Capitol Theatre due to the overwhelming requests.
I speak on behalf of the Singapore Chess Federation that we are super grateful of the support from my organising committee, the warm partnership from my government, and the energetic efforts from FIDE. Everyone has worked tirelessly and selflessly to provide the best spectacle possible for the chess community in Singapore and abroad.
What we have tried our best to do is to include a local and regional flavor as much as we can, respecting legends of the past who have given so much to chess in this part of the world. India’s Vishy Anand is undoubtedly the biggest name from Asia but many should familiarise themselves with Grandmaster Xie Jun, China’s first Women’s World Chess Champion and Eugene Torre – Asia’s first ever Chess Grandmaster. Singapore’s first International Master, IM Tan Lian Ann, once Asia’s number 2 will also be in attendance.
Some days of the match such as games 1 and 5 have been completely sold out and we are working to increase the capacity of the playing hall to allow more people to come and enjoy the experience with us. At the end of the day, this match is still all about the 2 players.
Ding and Gukesh have both arrived safely in Singapore. They seem happy enough (hopefully!) and amidst all the distractions will certainly want to do themselves proud. All the best to them.
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