{"id":136429,"date":"2024-12-13T04:07:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136429"},"modified":"2024-12-13T04:07:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T21:07:22","slug":"gukesh-dommaraju-18-becomes-youngest-chess-world-champion-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136429","title":{"rendered":"Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, becomes youngest chess world champion in history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>India\u2019s 18-year-old prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju capped his meteoric rise by becoming the youngest world chess champion in history after defeating Ding Liren 7\u00bd-6\u00bd in a tense championship in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager, already the youngest challenger to compete for the world title, gained the point required in the final of the best-of-14 classic games to beat defending champion Ding, banking his share of the $2.5 million prize fund\u00a0in the process.<\/p>\n<p>He becomes India\u2019s second world chess champion, following five-time champion Viswanathan Anand, who last won the world title in 2013, and, as the sport\u2019s youngest-ever world champion, breaks the previous record held by Garry Kasparov. In 1985, Kasparov, 22, dethroned Anatoly Karpov.<\/p>\n<p>Gukesh was the in-form player entering the tournament, but it was a tight contest throughout with the players level on 6\u00bd points each with one classical game remaining. Ding made a one-move blunder late in Game 14, which handed Gukesh the title-winning point and prevented tiebreakers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5987191\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5987191 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/11122512\/GettyImages-2185904397-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/11122512\/GettyImages-2185904397-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/11122512\/GettyImages-2185904397-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/11122512\/GettyImages-2185904397-1-1024x572.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/11122512\/GettyImages-2185904397-1-1536x858.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/athletic\/uploads\/wp\/2024\/12\/11122512\/GettyImages-2185904397-1-2048x1144.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-credits\">\n<div class=\"inline-credits-container\">\n      <span class=\"table-cell-span\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"credits-text\">Ding Liren (R) and Gukesh Dommaraju compete in Game 1 on November 25, 2024. (Roslan Rahmanroslan Rahman\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It has been a remarkable few years for the teenager, the son of a surgeon and a microbiologist. Until the summer of 2022, he was solely ranked as a junior. A grand master aged 12, seven months and seven days (the second-youngest at the time), he has gone on to become the third youngest player to reach a FIDE rating of 2,700 and the youngest to achieve a rating of 2,750. Aged 17, in what was the final round of qualifying for the world title, he overcame the odds and got the better of more celebrated players at the Candidates Tournament to earn a title shot against Ding.<\/p>\n<p>Ding, ranked 22nd in the world, has had a difficult reign as world champion, taking a nine-month break from the sport last year for mental health reasons. Before this Championship, he hadn\u2019t won a classical game since January and had only played 44 classical games since winning the world title in April 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He did well to put in strong performances in Singapore, claiming a surprise win in the opening game. Another victory in the 12th game left the tie deadlocked. It had seemed that Gukesh had claimed a significant win in Game 11 after a series of draws between the two before Ding fought back in Monday\u2019s Game 12. A draw in the penultimate game left both within touching distance of the trophy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Top photo: Roslan Rahman\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5987157\/2024\/12\/12\/gukesh-dommaraju-ding-liren-world-chess-championship\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s 18-year-old prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju capped his meteoric rise by becoming the youngest world chess champion in history after defeating Ding Liren 7\u00bd-6\u00bd in a tense championship in Singapore. 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