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In this Telugu name , the surname is Dommaraju .
Dommaraju Gukesh
Gukesh at the 2024 Candidates Tournament
Full name Dommaraju Gukesh
Country India
Born ( 2006-05-29 ) 29 May 2006 (age 18)
Chennai , Tamil Nadu, India
Title Grandmaster (2019)
FIDE   rating 2763 (June 2024)
Peak rating 2763 (May 2024)
Ranking No. 6 (June 2024)
Peak ranking No. 6 (May 2024)
Medal record
Representing   India
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team

Dommaraju Gukesh (born 29 May 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster . A chess prodigy, he is the third-youngest Grandmaster in history, [1] the third-youngest to reach a chess rating of 2700, the youngest to reach a rating of 2750 and the youngest winner of the FIDE Candidates tournament . [2] Gukesh won the 2024 Candidates Tournament , making him the youngest contender to compete for the title of World Chess Champion . [3]

Early life

Gukesh was born into a Telugu family on 29 May 2006 in Chennai , Tamil Nadu. [4] [5] His parents hail from the Godavari delta region of Andhra Pradesh . [5] His father, Dr. Rajinikanth, is an ear, nose and throat surgeon, and his mother, Dr. Padma, is a microbiologist . [6] He learned to play chess at the age of seven. [7] He studies at the Velammal Vidyalaya school, Mel Ayanambakkam , Chennai. [8]

Gukesh began practicing and playing chess in 2013 for one hour, three days a week. He would then participate and play tournaments on weekends after his good performance was acknowledged by his chess teachers. [9]

Career

2015?2019

Gukesh won the Under-9 section of the Asian School Chess Championships in 2015, [10] and the World Youth Chess Championships in 2018 in the Under 12 category. [11] He also won five gold medals at the 2018 Asian Youth Chess Championships, in the U-12 individual rapid and blitz, U-12 team rapid and blitz, and the U-12 individual classical formats. [12] He completed the requirements for the title of International Master in March 2017 at the 34th Cappelle-la-Grande Open . [13]

On 15 January 2019, at the age of 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days, Gukesh became the then second-youngest grandmaster in history , [14] only surpassed by Sergey Karjakin with 17 days. [15] Since then the record was beaten by Abhimanyu Mishra , making Gukesh the third youngest. [16]

2021

In June 2021, he won the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, Gelfand Challenge, scoring 14 out of 19 points. [17]

2022

In August 2022, he played the 44th Chess Olympiad and initially had a perfect score of 8/8, notably defeating US Number One Fabiano Caruana in the 8th match. He finished with a score of 9 out 11, earning the gold medal on the 1st board and his team India-2 finished third in the tournament

In September 2022, Gukesh reached a rating of over 2700 for the first time, with a rating of 2726. [18] This made him the third youngest player to pass 2700, after Wei Yi and Alireza Firouzja . [19]

In October 2022, Gukesh became the youngest player to beat Magnus Carlsen since the latter became World Champion , in the Aimchess Rapid tournament. [20]

2023

In February 2023, Gukesh participated in the first edition of the WR Masters tournament in Dusseldorf , where he finished on 5½/9, tying for first place with Levon Aronian and Ian Nepomniachtchi . He came second to Aronian in the tiebreaks.

In the August 2023 rating list, Gukesh became the youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2750. [21]

Gukesh participated in the Chess World Cup 2023 . He reached the quarter-finals before being defeated by Magnus Carlsen . [22]

In the September 2023 rating list, Gukesh officially surpassed Viswanathan Anand as the top-ranked Indian player, marking the first time in 37 years that Anand was not the top-ranked Indian player. [23] [24]

In December 2023, with the end of the FIDE Circuit , Gukesh qualified for the 2024 Candidates Tournament . [25] Gukesh had placed second in the Circuit, but Fabiano Caruana , the winner, had already qualified through the World Cup . [26] He became the third youngest player to play in a Candidates tournament, behind Bobby Fischer and Magnus Carlsen . [27] [28]

2024: Candidates winner

Gukesh (left) playing Alireza Firouzja at the 2024 Candidates Tournament

In January 2024, Gukesh participated in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 . He scored 9 points from 14 games (5 wins, 8 draws and 1 loss) to finish in a 4-way tie for 1st place. In Round 12, he had a winning position against R Praggnanandhaa , but blundered into a threefold repetition . In tiebreaks he defeated Anish Giri in semifinals but lost to Wei Yi in the finals. [29]

In April, Gukesh participated in the 2024 Candidates Tournament . [30] Gukesh won games against Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi playing as black, Alireza Firouzja playing as white, and Nijat Abasov playing as both black and white. [31] His only loss was his game with black against Firouzja. This gave him 5 wins, 1 loss and 8 draws, for a score of 9/14, winning the tournament, and qualifying for the 2024 World Championship match against Ding Liren . He is the youngest ever winner of the Candidates as of 2024, [32] and will be the youngest player to ever play in a World Chess Championship match. [3]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ Team (CHESScom), Chess com (22 March 2019). "The Youngest Chess Grandmasters In History" . Chess.com . Retrieved 22 April 2024 .
  2. ^ Levin (AnthonyLevin), Anthony (21 April 2024). "Gukesh Youngest Ever To Win Candidates Tournament, Tan Wins Women's By 1.5 Points" . Chess.com . Retrieved 22 April 2024 .
  3. ^ a b "Candidates Chess: Gukesh becomes youngest winner, to challenge for world title" . The Economic Times . 22 April 2024. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 22 April 2024 .
  4. ^ "Who Is D Gukesh, The Indian Chess Prodigy Now Up Against Reigning World Champion Ding Liren" . Times Now . 22 April 2024 . Retrieved 22 April 2024 . Born in May 2006 in Chennai to a Telugu family, Gukesh took to chess at the age of seven.
  5. ^ a b "Chennai teen D Gukesh goes down in chess folklore with historic victory, 2nd Indian after legend Anand to win Candidates" . Hindustan Times . 22 April 2024 . Retrieved 22 April 2024 . The teen sensation was born on May 29 2006 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He is from a Telugu-speaking family, who hail from the Godavari delta region of Andhra Pradesh.
  6. ^ Prasad RS (16 January 2019). "My achievement hasn't yet sunk in: Gukesh" . The Times of India . Retrieved 18 March 2019 .
  7. ^ Lokpria Vasudevan (17 January 2019). "D Gukesh: Grit and determination personify India's youngest Grandmaster" . India Today . Retrieved 18 March 2019 .
  8. ^ "Velammal students win gold at World Cadet Chess championship 2018" . Chennai Plus . 9 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019 . Retrieved 18 March 2019 .
  9. ^ "How Gukesh Became A Chess Prodigy" . Rediff . 22 April 2024.
  10. ^ Shubham Kumthekar; Priyadarshan Banjan (2018). "Gukesh D: The story behind a budding talent" . IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Chess Tournament . Archived from the original on 16 April 2019 . Retrieved 9 December 2018 .
  11. ^ "Chess: India Gukesh, Savitha Shri bag gold medals in U-12 World Cadets Championship" . scroll.in . 16 November 2018 . Retrieved 9 December 2018 .
  12. ^ Prasad RS (13 March 2018). "Gukesh wins 5 gold medals in Asian Youth Chess Championship" . The Times of India . Retrieved 9 December 2018 .
  13. ^ Prasad RS (13 March 2018). "Gukesh making all the right moves" . The Times of India . Retrieved 9 December 2018 .
  14. ^ Shah, Sagar (15 January 2019). "Gukesh becomes second youngest GM in history" . Chess News . ChessBase . Retrieved 15 January 2019 .
  15. ^ Shah, Sagar (9 December 2018). "Gukesh with 2 GM norms and 2490 Elo is on the verge of becoming world's youngest GM" . ChessBase India . Retrieved 9 December 2018 .
  16. ^ Hartmann, John (30 June 2021). "GM Abhimanyu Mishra is the Youngest GM in History!" . US Chess.org . Retrieved 23 April 2024 .
  17. ^ Rao, Rakesh (14 June 2021). "Gritty Gukesh wins Gelfand Challenge" . The Hindu . Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
  18. ^ [ https://ratings.fide.com/profile/46616543/chart Gukesh D, Rating Progress Chart, FIDE
  19. ^ "Biel: Gukesh becomes third-youngest player to cross the 2700 mark" . en.chessbase.com . 17 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Gukesh D vs. Carlsen, Magnus | Aimchess Rapid | Prelims 2022" . chess24.com . Retrieved 16 October 2022 .
  21. ^ Gukesh Breaks Record: Youngest Player To Cross 2750 Rating , chess.com , July 21, 2023.
  22. ^ "2023 Chess WC Q/Fs: Pragg takes Erigaisi to tie-breaks; Gukesh, Vidit out" . ESPN.com . 16 August 2023 . Retrieved 16 August 2023 .
  23. ^ Menon, Anirudh (1 September 2023). "37 years - How the world changed as Anand stayed constant on top of Indian chess" . ESPN .
  24. ^ Watson, Leon (1 September 2023). "Gukesh Ends Anand's 37-Year Reign As India's Official Number 1" . Chess.com .
  25. ^ "Gukesh confirms his Candidates spot" . Hindustan Times . 30 December 2023 . Retrieved 15 January 2024 .
  26. ^ "FIDE World Championship Cycle" . International Chess Federation (FIDE) . Retrieved 15 January 2024 .
  27. ^ Gukesh confirms his Candidates spot , Hindustan Times , December 31, 2023
  28. ^ Who will win the 2024 Candidates Tournament? , Chessbase , 24 March 2024
  29. ^ Rao, Rakesh (29 January 2024). "TATA Steel Chess 2024: Gukesh finishes joint second in Masters, Mendonca wins Challenger" . Sportstar . Retrieved 31 January 2024 .
  30. ^ Magnus Predictions , chess.com , April 18, 2024
  31. ^ Gukesh Youngest Ever Candidates Winner, Tan Takes Women's By 1.5 Points , chess.com , April 18, 2024
  32. ^ Sportstar, Team (22 April 2024). "Gukesh emerges as youngest Candidates winner, becomes second Indian to qualify for classical World Championship final" . Sportstar . Retrieved 22 April 2024 .
  33. ^ "Gukesh won the "Player of the Year" and "Best Young Achievers Male" awards" . chessarena.com .

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