Gukesh Dommaraju, a teenager from India became the youngest chess world champion after defeating defending champion Ding Liren of China on Thursday (Dec 12).
The victory came in a dramatic final game of a 14-game match in Singapore.
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00:00Gukesh Domaraju, a teenager from India, became the youngest chess world champion after defeating
00:12defending champion Ding Liren of China on Thursday. The victory came in a dramatic final
00:18game of a 14-game match in Singapore. The 18th world champion at age 18 is four years
00:24younger than Garry Kasparov, who had been the youngest world champion since 1985 when
00:30he defeated Anatoly Karpov. Gukesh won the game with the black pieces after Ding wilted
00:36under pressure and blundered in what commentators considered a comfortable position. He snatched
00:42the title with a final score of 7.5 to 6.5. The match was a 14-round long-time classical
00:49event, with a prize fund of US$2.5 million. Ding, whose form has declined since defeating
00:56Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi to claim the crown in 2023, had not won a long-format classical
01:02game since January and had largely avoided top events in an effort to improve.
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