How Gukesh Dommaraju became world's youngest chess champ

A snapshot of 18-year old Dommaraju's journey to the top

Dec 13, 2024, 12:45 IST1 min

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Gukesh beat China&rsquos Ding Liren in a gruelling match that spanned three weeks.

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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

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His latest record of becoming the youngest world champion in history isn&rsquot 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.

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Here&rsquos how 2024 played out for Gukesh

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Factbox: all you need to know

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From Magnus Carlsen to Mikhail Tal - Whose records did Gukesh beat?

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