Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world chess champion Indian chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju made history on Thursday, becoming the youngest world chess champion at just 18 years old.

Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest ever world chess champion, deepening the "love affair between Indians and chess", said The Hindu. Chess has been "around for millennia" and ...

Gukesh Dommaraju will face the current champion, Ding Liren from China, later this year. This comes after he became the youngest player to win the important Candidates Tournament in Canada.

One of the world's oldest games has its youngest-ever undisputed champion. Gukesh Dommaraju of India defeated Ding Liren of China Thursday to win the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship ...

Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju broke new ground to reach the World Chess Championship and the 18-year-old Friends fan is now hot favourite to win the title and make more history. Gukesh will be ...

D Gukesh ended in eighth position after losing to Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the second game of their seventh-place playoff match at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. World ...

and he's the youngest ever to become one. 18-year-old Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju defeated Chinese defending champion Ding Liren on Thursday [[Dec 12]] snatching the title with a final score ...

World champion Dommaraju Gukesh saw his bid to win the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Weissenhaus, Germany come to an end with a quarterfinal loss to Fabiano Caruna. Having lost game 1 of the ...

In Round 10 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, Gukesh Dommaraju retained his lead, defeating Max Warmerdam. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu outplayed Vladimir Fedoseev, while Arjun Erigaisi drew ...

New era in chess: Levy Rozman discusses Gukesh Dommaraju becoming youngest world champion The newest world chess champion is also the youngest ever to claim the title. Eighteen-year-old Gukesh ...

D Gukesh finished the round robin stage of the ... Hikaru Nakamura - 5.5 Vincent Keymer - 4 Nodirbek Abdusattorov - 3.5 Dommaraju Gukesh - 3.5 Vladimir Fedoseev - 2.5 Levon Aronian - 1.5 ...

Gukesh’s first loss as world champion was followed by Pragg’s defeat, leaving both tied at the top. Pragg won the tiebreaker against Gukesh to clinch title Bengaluru: It came down to two ...