“…Looks like a deliberate one…”: Russian News Agency accuses Ding Liren for ‘False Play’ at World Chess Championship Final 2024

New Delhi: In a bizarre moment in the sporting world, Russian Chess Federation chief Andrei Filatov has accused China’s Liren of losing the final game of the World Chess Championship 2024 on purpose. While most of the chess fraternity is elated to see the 18-year-old Gukesh make history, this comment from the Russian Chess Federation spats a murkier episode in a rather happy day for chess fans across the world.

The Russian News Agency TASS quoted Andrei Filatov asking the International Chess Federation to open a probe and investigate the result. Filatov said

The result of the last game caused bewilderment among professionals and chess fans. The actions of the Chinese chess player in the decisive segment are extremely suspicious and require a separate investigation by FIDE…

World number one chess player Magnus Carlsen has ruled out a potential World Chess Championship match against newly-crowned world champion, Indian Grandmaster Gukesh D!

“It’s not going to be me…I’m not part of this circus anymore,” he added. Carlsen did not defend his world… pic.twitter.com/4ObjkMABQC

— Online Taiyari (@online__taiyari) December 14, 2024

Furthermore, he added:

Losing the position in which Ding Liren was is difficult even for a first-class player. The defeat of the Chinese chess player in today’s game raises a lot of questions and looks like a deliberate one…

How much has the World Chess Championship accrued monetarily to D Gukesh?

The 2024 World Chess Championship has a total prize money pool of $2.5 million. As per FIDE’s rules, a player will be awarded $200,000 (Rs 1.68 crore approximately) for every win and the remaining prize money will be split equally.

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Gukesh won three games (Games 3, 11, and 14), earning $600,000 (Rs 5.04 crore approximately) just from the victories while Ding earned $400,000 (Rs 3.36 crore) after winning Games 1 and 12.