Teenage world champion challenger Gukesh Dommaraju has beaten title holder Ding Liren in the third game of their match. This levels the score at 1.5 points apiece after Ding won in round 1.

China's Ding Liren beat teenager Gukesh Dommaraju of India in the opening round of the world chess championship in a major confidence boost for the title holder on Monday.

The battle for the chess crown had an explosive start as Chinese star Ding Liren forced Indian challenger Gukesh Dommaraju to resign.

India Chess Grandmaster Gukesh managed to secure a spectacular win against Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship to stay on level terms.

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The 18-year-old triumphed in the third game of the series on Wednesday, drawing level after his opening-round loss.

With 40 moves to make in the first 120 allotted minutes without any increment, the complicated middle game had the desired impact on Liren and Gukesh was relentless in finding out some difficult yet perfect moves to increase the pressure.

China's Ding Liren leads Gukesh Dommaraju of India 1.5 to 0.5 after a draw in the second game of the world chess championship