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Gukesh Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006), is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning FIDE 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.
Indian chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju, better known as Gukesh D, became the youngest player to claim the men’s Candidates Tournament in Toronto, Canada Sunday.
Ding's second Richárd Rapport even opined that Ding had overall played better than his opponent, saying Ding "completely outplayed" Gukesh in both his wins. [94] Chess.com's post-match analysis stated that whilst Ding had advantageous positions in all three of his losses, his apparent lack of self-belief and underestimation of his position ...
Gukesh and Nakamura's game ended in a fighting draw, with neither player ever having a decisive advantage. The game between Caruana and Nepomniachtchi was far more dramatic. Caruana played some exemplary chess to gain a winning advantage, but Nepomniachtchi defended stubbornly, constantly posing problems.
Praggnanandhaa (right) pictured with his mother, Nagalakshmi (left).. Praggnanandhaa was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on 10 August 2005, in a Telugu speaking family. [4] His father, Rameshbabu, works as a branch manager at TNSC Bank, [5] and his mother, Nagalakshmi, is a homemaker who often accompanies Praggnanandhaa when he travels for tournaments. [6]
In 2021, Hikaru Nakamura published a Youtube video entitled "Hikaru's Hot Takes on the Ten Best Chess Players of All Time" [47] in which he reviewed a chess.com article on "The 10 Best Chess Players Of All Time." [48] In this video he suggested that it was unfair to exclude Paul Morphy and Viswanathan Anand from the 10 greatest players of all ...
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 was the 86th edition of the annual chess tournament held in Wijk aan Zee from 13–28 January 2024. [1] The competition followed a similar format to the previous year's edition, taking place at the Dorpshuis De Moriaan in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, while round 9 of the Masters section was played at the AFAS Circustheater in The Hague, Netherlands as part of ...
Grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju, the current World Champion, has revealed that Grandmaster Harikrishna was a part of his preparation team for the Championship, which he won against the former champion, Ding Liren.