D Gukesh: India Gives World its Youngest Chess Champion | Vantage with Palki Sharma

D Gukesh: India Gives World its Youngest Chess Champion | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Indian chess grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh became the world's youngest chess champion at 18 years of age, after defeating three-time Chinese world champion Ding Liren at the World Chess Championship, on December 12. Gukesh defeated Liren in a 14-round match held in Singapore, becoming the second Indian world chess champion after five-time champion Viswanathan Anand. After reaching 7.5 points in the game, Gukesh got emotional. Gukesh has surpassed the Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov, who held the previous record of being the youngest chess champion at the age of 22.

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