Chess World Championship 2024 Winners List. Only 21 players in the history of chess have held the official title of world champion, 17 of which held the classical title. India’s d gukesh will look to script history when he takes on world champion ding liren in the world chess championship starting later this.

The chess olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world. The total prize money allocated for the 2024 world chess championship is $2.5 million.