In the FIDE World Chess Championship, Indian Grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh will take on defending champion Ding Liren of China in the 13th game in Singapore today after a day’s rest. The match is scheduled to begin at 2:30 PM IST. Gukesh will play with the white pieces. With only two games remaining, the tie is evenly poised at 6 points each. The winner needs 7.5 points to claim the championship. If the players are tied after 14 games, the contest will proceed to a tie-breaker with a rapid time format on December 13. Notably, Ding won the championship last year through a tiebreaker. After his defeat in Game 11 on Sunday, Ding needed to play for a win on Monday. The defending champion rose to the challenge, leveraging the advantage of playing with the white pieces to secure a critical victory.