Gukesh Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. 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 the age of 16.

Dec 12, 2024 · Gukesh Dommaraju, the 18-year-old chess prodigy from India, has unseated China's Ding Liren to become the new world chess champion. Born in 2006, Dommaraju is the youngest...

Dec 12, 2024 · Dommaraju Gukesh, an 18-year-old Indian grandmaster, captured the World Chess Championship in Singapore on Thursday by winning the last game of his match against the reigning...

2 days ago · Grand Master Magnus Carlsen lauded 18-year-old World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju but at the same time criticised the youngster for not being “brave” when it mattered the most. In the last game of the round robin stage, Gukesh was handed a defeat by former world champion Magnus Carlsen. “I think the game was very decent for a long time.

Dec 14, 2024 · The era of India's GM Gukesh Dommaraju as chess world champion has begun, after an incredibly hard-fought 2024 FIDE World Championship in Singapore suddenly ended when the Chinese reigning champion GM Ding Liren blundered in the final classical game.

Jan 27, 2025 · Gukesh Dommaraju is an Indian chess grandmaster and the youngest world chess champion. Gukesh is considered a chess prodigy. He became grandmaster at the age of 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days, the third youngest to reach the mark. Gukesh is the youngest player to breach the 2750 FIDE rating mark.

Indian GM Gukesh Dommaraju is the current world chess champion, defeating GM Ding Liren in the FIDE World Championship on December 12, 2024. He is the youngest undisputed world champion in chess history, at 18 years and six months old, shattering the previous record of 22 years and seven months which was set by GM Garry Kasparov in 1985.

Dec 12, 2024 · 18-year-old Indian GM Gukesh Dommaraju is the world champion after the defending title holder GM Ding Liren (32) from China collapsed in game 14 of the 2024 FIDE World Championship. Gukesh won 7.5-6.5, taking $1.35 million, after a game where Ding seemed to have a risk-free chance to press for a win but instead liquidated into a pawn-down endgame.