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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 ...
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]
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.
Magnus Carlsen co-organised the Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T Challenge. Freestyle Chess is another name for Chess960, otherwise known as Fischer random chess, a variant of chess where there are 958 different possible starting positions (minus the standard chess position and the same position with kings and queens swapped).
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 ...
Gukesh Dommaraju became the World Champion in 2024 after defeating Ding Liren. The next world championship was held in 2024, from 25 November to 12 December in Singapore. Ding Liren lost his title to Gukesh Dommaraju, by 7½ to 6½. The match saw five wins (three by Gukesh and two by Ding) and nine draws in its 14 games; the players were tied ...