Chess World Championship 2024 Date. All games start at 17:00 local time (gmt+8), and there are rest days after games 3, 6, 9 and 12. It will be played to a best of 14 games, with tiebreaks if required.
The four designated rest days will be on november 28, december 2, december 6. The fide world championship 2024 match is the first in 138 years to feature two contestants from asia, the reigning world champion, chinaโs ding liren and challenger dommaraju gukesh from india competing for the title and a prize fund of us$2.5 million.