World Chess Body Reacts to claims of Ding Liren 'Deliberately losing' to D Gukesh

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) has reacted to the claims of China's Ding Liren losing to India's D Gukesh on purpose during the recently-concluded 2024 World Chess Championship match in Singapore. In the aftermath of Gukesh's history success, Ding was accused of deliberately losing the match by Russian Chess Federation chief Andrei Filatov. Russian news agency TASS quoted Filatov asking the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to open a probe and investigate the result. For the unversed, Ding made a huge blunder in the decisive Game 14, moving the Rook adjacent to his King, which allowed Gukesh to become the youngest-ever world chess champion.

However, FIDE chief Arkady Dvorkovich has rubbished the claims of Ding possibly throwing away the game deliberately.

Dvorkovich insisted that sports is all about making mistakes and bouncing back after that