D Gukesh Wins FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, 18-Year-Old Defeats Ding Liren to Become Youngest-Ever Champion
The scores were tied at 6.5-6.5 at the end of 13 games and D Gukesh won the World Chess Championship 2024 after Ding Liren made a blunder in the last game. D Gukesh also broke Garry Kasparov's record of becoming the youngest world chess champion.
D Gukesh has won the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, beating Ding Liren in the final and 14th game of what has been a sensational contest. The 18-year-old, with this feat, has become the youngest-ever world champion as he outclassed the reigning champion. With this, D Gukesh became the second Indian to win the World Chess Championship after Viswanathan Anand. Ding Liren, given his experience, had a slight edge entering into the 14th game after the 13th showdown had ended in a draw as well. But the young Indian kept his nerve to beat Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 and pull off one of the most monumental feats in the history of chess. The previous record of the youngest world chess champion was held by the legendary Garry Kasparov, who had attained this feat in 1985 at the age of 22 years 6 months and 27 days.
D Gukesh Wins FIDE World Chess Championship 2024
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