Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On 15 January 2019, Gukesh became the then second-youngest grandmaster in the history of the game at the age of 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days, behind Sergey Karjakin. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ a ] In June 2021, he won the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, Gelfand Challenge, scoring 14 out of 19 points.
Since 2023, he has been working as Gukesh Dommaraju's second, assisting him in winning the 2024 Candidates Tournament, where Gukesh became the youngest challenger in the history of the World Chess Championship. [9] He was also Gukesh's main trainer when he won the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship against Ding Liren.
Gukesh has interests outside of chess too - he meditates, swims and plays tennis. His stated goals are simple - he wants to be the best chess player in the World – supplanting the current number ...
India on Thursday hailed chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju after the 18-year-old became the youngest world champion with a thrilling final win over China's Ding Liren. ... He also became the second ...
In 2013, Vishnu turned to coaching shortly after earning the Grandmaster title. He is best known for having coached grandmaster Gukesh D, whom he first met in July 2017. [2] In November 2022, Vishnu and his wife launched a chess club in the Anna Nagar neighborhood of Chennai. The club was inaugurated by Viswanathan Anand. [4]
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.
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 ...
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.