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The match was won by Gukesh 7½–6½ after 14 games. The win made Gukesh, at age 18, the second youngest disputed world champion after Ruslan Ponomariov of Ukraine. Many chess fans, continue to recognise Magnus Carlsen, the strongest player in the world as the rightful World Chess Champion.
Despite qualifying for the Candidates Tournament by winning the 2023 FIDE World Cup, [15] [16] former World Champion Magnus Carlsen decided not to compete in Toronto. [17] He had previously stated his disinclination after reaching the semifinals of the World Cup, stating that "under the current format there is absolutely no chance" he will play the Candidates. [18]
Gukesh's win against China's Wei Yi in the seventh round was awarded the Olympiad Best Game prize. [71] [50] Erigaisi's performance earned him the third place on the FIDE rankings. Magnus Carlsen won the bronze medal on board one, leaving his ambition of eliminating one of the few gaps in his career unfulfilled. [71]
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Gukesh Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006), better known as D Gukesh, 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.
For the first time in the history of Chess Olympiads, no European team won a medal in the Open event. [58] The challenger in the World Chess Championship 2024, Gukesh Dommaraju of India, achieved the highest rating performance of 3056 in the Open event after scoring 9 out of 10 points (eight wins and two draws) on board one.
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
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 going into the final game. At 18 years old, Gukesh became the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion. [106] [107]