Gukesh Dommaraju, commonly known as D Gukesh, is an Indian chess grandmaster born May 29, 2006, in Chennai. In 2024 he won the Candidates Tournament and then defeated defending champion Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship match, becoming the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion at 18 years old, surpassing the previous record held by Garry Kasparov. His rapid rise made him one of the youngest players ever to cross a 2750 FIDE rating and a leading figure in a new generation of Indian chess talent.
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Career HighlightWon the 2024 World Chess Championship match against Ding Liren to become the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion in history, at age 18. 1 Classification
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- Also in Geography Atlas: India, nationality there.
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Gukesh Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion.
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A chess prodigy, Gukesh is the youngest undisputed World Champion; the youngest player to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2750, doing so at the age of 17; and the third-youngest to have surpassed 2700 Elo at age 16.
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Gukesh Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion.
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