Geneva lands world chess title match as Gukesh and Sindarov set to make history

• Geneva chosen over US, India and Cyprus

• Switzerland to host for first time since 2004

• Gukesh and Sindarov both 20 at first move

Geneva has been chosen to host this year’s world chess championship match, with Fide announcing on Tuesday that reigning champion Gukesh Dommaraju will defend his title against challenger Javokhir Sindarov in the Swiss city from 25 November to 15 December.

Both Gukesh, of India, and Sindarov, of Uzbekistan, will be 20 when the best-of-14-games match begins, making it the youngest world championship encounter since the title was first contested in 1886.