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China-India clash looms in Singapore – for title of world chess champion
Young Indian challenger takes on Chinese champion in a game famous for its association with geopolitical rivalry.
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China’s chess world champion Ding Liren will defend his title against India’s Gukesh Dommaraju at the upcoming World Chess Championship in Singapore.
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The game of chess conjures an image of a silent mental duel between two opponents hunched over a 64-square battlefield with black and white armies. Both strain to pierce the veil of the future, calculating moves of attack and defence to advance their strategies while foiling those of their opponents.
Chess was recognised by the International Olympic Committee as a sport in 1999, and a high-stakes game can burn nearly 500 calories over four hours, increasing the players’ heart rates by 80 beats/minute above their resting baseline during critical junctures. Not bad at all for a “sitting” sport!
