Gukesh v Sindarov
Geneva · from 24 November 2026 · 14 games, first to 7½ points, then tiebreaks
Gukesh D, champion since Singapore 2024, defends against Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan, the Candidates winner. On the October 2026 rating list Sindarov is 2782 and Gukesh 2710: the challenger is the higher-rated player by 72 points.
What history says
- Champions kept the title in 31 of the 48 title matches they defended.
- In a title match a rating gap counts for little: fitted on 456 rated title-match games since 1972, a gap plays like only 35% of its size. Both players prepare for months, for one opponent.
- 68% of those games were drawn, and White scored 56%.
- Gukesh's 2024 match: accuracy 92.2 to Ding's 92.4, the title decided by one move in the last game.
One game, as the model sees it
Over 14 games that comes to about 31% for Gukesh to keep the title. How that number is made, how it would have read past matches, and how it compares with the markets: Reading the match.
Gukesh's title match
2024Gukesh v DingGukesh won 7½–6½, the youngest championPlay along with every game of the match
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