Grandmaster D Gukesh has won the World Chess Championship in Singapore on 12 December. D Gukesh won the title by taking advantage of a wrong move by his opponent Ding Liren in the 14th game. After this, D Gukesh became the second Indian player to become the World Chess Champion after Vishwanathan Anand at the age of 18. Let us know about him in detail.
Who is D Gukesh?
D Gukesh was born on 7 May 2006 in Chennai. His full name is Dommaraju Gukesh. Gukesh’s father is a doctor and mother is a microbiologist. Who left Gukesh free to choose a career according to his interest. He started playing chess at the age of just 7. For which he took coaching from Bhaskar Nagaiya. Bhaskar Nagaiya has been an international chess player. He laid the foundation of D Gukesh’s journey to become a chess king. After this, D Gukesh gained knowledge and deep experience of the game from Vishwanathan Anand. Gukesh used to train chess at Anand Chess Academy.
D Gukesh Becomes World Champion In Chess
Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has won the World Chess Championship held in Singapore on 12 December. In the 14th and decisive match, China’s Ding Liren was playing with white pieces and D Gukesh with black pieces. The match was heading towards a tiebreaker when Liren made a big mistake during the 53rd move. Which pushed him into the mouth of defeat. Gukesh, who always remains alert and plays with a calm mind, took advantage of this one mistake and turned the whole game around. Liren failed to make a comeback. After which D Gukesh became the 18th World Chess Champion and is the second Indian player to do so.
18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju has created history by becoming the youngest World Chess Champion. He defeated China’s Ding Liren in a 14-game match held in Singapore. Along with this, the result of 9 matches was equal and the matches were drawn. Finally, Liren scored 6.5 and D Gukesh scored 7.8. Let’s know who is D Gukesh and what difficulties he faced to achieve this feat at such a young age.
Gukesh is now the 18th World Chess Champion. He has surpassed Garry Kasparov, who held the record of being the youngest champion in 1985. Kasparov was 22 years old at that time.
President Draupadi Murmu Congratulated In Twitter
President Draupadi Murmu also congratulated Gukesh and posted on her official social media platform X, writing that hearty congratulations to Gukesh on becoming the youngest player to win the World Chess Championship. He has made India extremely proud. His victory seals India’s authority as a chess superpower. Well done Gukesh! On behalf of every Indian, I wish you continue to be proud in the future.
Conclusion
D Gukesh has won many big matches at a very young age. Looking at his talent, it was already predicted that he would achieve big victories in the future. Here are some of the achievements of his career. If you have any question regarding this post, then you can tell us by commenting in the comment box given below. Your feedback and suggestions are welcome as always. Thank you.
