Gukesh – 18th World Chess Champion

December 17 , 2024 11 hrs 0 min 46 0

D Gukesh from India (Chennai) defeated defending champion Ding Liren of China at the World Chess Championship, held at Singapore.
The win made the Indian Grandmaster the youngest-ever world champion at the age of 18.
Before Gukesh, Russian legend Garry Kasparov was the youngest to become the world champion at the age of 22 in 1985.
The first grandmaster and world champion from India won the title in 2007 and held it until 2013, winning four times.