A king falls; a king rises: Indian teen D Gukesh becomes youngest Chess World Champion at 18!

Dommaraju Gukesh, an 18-year-old chess prodigy, achieved the impressive feat of becoming the youngest World Chess Champion at the World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore

He achieved this by beating China’s Ding Liren, the defending world champion

After his mentor Vishwanath Anand, Gukesh is the second Indian to become a World Champion in Chess

Before Magnus Carlsen beat him in 2013, Vishwanath Anand was the World Champion!

Now, Gukesh brought the title back to India!

Gukesh, a prodigious chess player, achieved the title of Grandmaster at the tender age of 12

Before this, he had an illustrious career in chess, and led the Indian team to a bronze medal in 2022, and a gold medal in 2024