Episode 2782
Gukesh Dommaraju
Sat, 2024-Dec-14 10:01 UTC
Length - 2:08
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With 551,121 views on Friday, 13 December 2024 our article of the day is Gukesh Dommaraju.
Gukesh Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006), also known as Gukesh D, is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. He is the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion in the history of the game. A chess prodigy, Gukesh is the youngest player to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2750, doing so at the age of 17, and was the third-youngest to have surpassed 2700 at the age of 16. He earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 12 and remains the third-youngest grandmaster in the history of chess.
He won a team gold and an individual gold medal at the 45th Chess Olympiad in 2024, as well as a team bronze and an individual gold medal at the 44th Chess Olympiad in 2022. At the age of 18, he became the youngest Candidates Tournament winner and, subsequently, the World Chess Champion by defeating Ding Liren 7½ to 6½ at the World Chess Championship 2024. At the junior level, he is a multiple-gold medalist at the World Youth Championship and the Asian Youth Chess Championship. Gukesh is also a silver medalist at the Asian Games.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 10:01 UTC on Saturday, 14 December 2024.
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