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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How did Gukesh Dommaraju become the challenger for the 2024 World Chess Championship?
He won the April 2024 Candidates Tournament with 9 out of 14.
Gukesh became the challenger to the world championship in April 2024 by winning the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournament with a score of 9 out of 14, which also made him the youngest-ever winner of that tournament. He then defeated Ding Liren in the FIDE World Championship, finishing on December 12, 2024, and at 18 years and six months old became the youngest undisputed world champion in chess history, beating the previous record set by Garry Kasparov in 1985.
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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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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.
Competed In: World Chess Championship, lead paragraph, competed-in
In 2024, he became the youngest winner of the Candidates Tournament and successfully challenged Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship, becoming the 18th and youngest undisputed world champion in history, at 18 years and 195 days.
Competed In: Asian Games, lead paragraph, competed-in
He was part of the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games in the men's team competition.
Plays: Chess, Lead sentence
is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion.
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