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Photo of the day: Gukesh Dommaraju - World champion

Photo of the day

School students congratulate the world&quot;s youngest chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju, in Chennai on December 13, 2024. Gukesh was seven when he watched Viswanathan Anand lose the world chess title in 2013 to challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway—a match that fired up his dream to bring the crown back to India. Eleven years later, the 18-year-old beat China&quot;s Ding Liren in a gruelling tournament to become the youngest world chess champion.Image: R.Satish Babu / AFP

A fan takes a selfie with India"s grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju (C) after his win against China"s chess grandmaster Ding Liren in game 14 of the 2024 FIDE World Championship in Singapore on December 12, 2024. - The 18-year-old became "the YOUNGEST WORLD CHAMPION in history", said the International Chess Federation in a post on social media platform X, after Ding resigned in a thrilling endgame that had been expected to end in a draw. 
Image: Simon Lim / AFP

Photo of the day: Gukesh Dommaraju - World champion

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