How Gukesh Dommaraju became world's youngest chess champ

Gukesh beat China’s Ding Liren in a gruelling match that spanned three weeks.

Born in Chennai to working parents, Gukesh started playing and competing in chess early, winning at the Under-9 section of the Asian School Championships and later Under-12 at World Youth Chess Championships

His latest record of becoming the youngest world champion in history isn’t his first, far from it. In 2019, he became the then second-youngest grandmaster in history at 12 years, 7 months and 17 days. The record, however, has since been broken. In Oct 2022, he became the youngest player to beat Magnus Carlsen since the latter became a World Champion.

Here’s how 2024 played out for Gukesh

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