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The top 100 junior players of the world include 20 Indian players, among them Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu at Rank 2, Arjun Erigaisi at Rank 5, Gukesh D at rank 6, and Nihal Sarin at Rank 8. [7] The top 100 junior girl players of the world include 7 Indian players, among them Velpula Sarayu at rank 2, Divya Deshmukh at rank 5 and Savitha Shri B at ...
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First Indian participation in a Chess Olympiad: 1956, 12th Chess Olympiad at Moscow; First Blind Chess Olympiad hosted by India: 2012, 14th Blind Chess Olympiad in Chennai; First Indian Asian Senior Chess Champion (65+): Wazeer Ahmad Khan, 6th Asian Seniors at Lar in 2015; Youngest Indian Grandmaster: Gukesh D at the age of 12 (2018)
To achieve the title, players must win three norm tournaments – competitions which themselves must meet certain criteria – and surpass an International Chess Federation (FIDE) rating of 2500.
Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest-ever undisputed classical chess world champion after beating Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their best-of-14 final in Singapore on Thursday.
He was part of India-2 team in the 44th Chess Olympiad, which went on to finish third and win the bronze medal. On 20 February 2022, he became the third Indian player (after Anand and Harikrishna ) to win a game against World Champion Magnus Carlsen in any time format, in the online Airthings Masters rapid tournament of the Champions Chess Tour ...
He led India to a team bronze at Chennai in 2022 and the gold medal in 2024 in Budapest. He also won the Candidates - the tournament that earned him the right to challenge Ding Liren.
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.