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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]
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.
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.
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 ...
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 2022, with a 15+10 time control. [25] [26] The record has since broken by Gukesh D, on 16 October 2022. [27] [28]
Hari worked as a second to Ju Wenjun during her Women's World Championship match in 2023. He was a member of the gold medal winning Indian team at Chess Olympiad 2024 held at Budapest, Hungary . Grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju, the current World Champion, has revealed that Grandmaster Harikrishna was a part of his preparation team for the ...
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