For each win: $30,000 to the match winner

The remaining prize (if draws happen) will be splitted equally between the players.

If the title was decided on tie-breaks:

IC gets $220,000, Runner-up gets $200,000

Arbiter: Mahdi Abdulrahim (UAE)

Youtube: NK Chess; Chess24h; Chesscom; ChessBaseIndia

Twitch: ChessTV; GMHikaru; Chess24h

Commentaries:

- GM David Howell, IM Tania Sachdev, IM Jovanka Houska (ChessTV, Chesscom)

- GM Jon Ludvig Hammer, GM Peter Leko, IM Anna Rudolf (Chess24h)

- GM Magnus Carlsen, GM Levon Aronian, IM Levy Rozman, WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan, WFM Anna Cramling (NK Chess, GMHikaru)

- IM Sagar Shah, WIM Amruta Mokal (ChessBaseIndia)

Overview: Opening: Queen Gambit Declined, Harwitz Main Line. Gukesh blundered Nc5, allowing Nakamura to be up an exchange, therefore winning the match.

Magnus Carlsen (NK Chess): "It's a classic Hikaru win. Gukesh played well but got a bit too ambitious, losing a rook, and you can't give Hikaru an inch. He's a fighter and he's not afraid to punish mistakes. Gukesh is incredibly strong, but Hikaru's pragmatism won out today. He saw his chance and took it. I see Hikaru having a huge advantage now."

GothamChess (NK Chess): "For me, it has to be 18... a5. I mean, a lot of players would just sit there, try to defend, wait for a mistake. But not Hikaru. He's not built like that. He's looking at the board and thinking, 'Where can I create problems? Where can I make this as messy as possible?' He's basically saying, 'You want a clean, positional game? Not today, my friend.' It's a move that's so fundamentally 'Hikaru'."

Matchday 1: Gukesh [0 - 1] Hikaru