Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh bounced back after a tough start to the World Championship, holding defending champion Ding Liren to a draw in Game 2 on Tuesday ... in classical chess in the lead ...

While Gukesh is out of the quarterfinal, his time in Weissenhaus still continues, as he will battle for the fifth to eighth ranking spots, playing the loser of the Hikaru Nakamura vs Jakovhir Sindarov ...

Even more games are joining this year ... and the current number 2 player in the world according to Chess.com, Fabiano Caruana, has been signed by Team Liquid ahead of the Esports World Cup ...