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Gukesh Won 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship
- 16 Dec 2024
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Recently, D. Gukesh became the youngest ever chess world champion at the age of 18, defeating China’s Ding Liren (2023 World Chess Champion) in the 2024 FIDE World Chess Championship held in Singapore.
- D. Gukesh:
- Gukesh, the youngest-ever World Champion, is also the third youngest Grandmaster in history and the youngest player to achieve a 2750 FIDE rating.
- Remarkably, he is four years younger than Russian Garry Kasparov was when he claimed the title from Anatoly Karpov in 1985.
- Gukesh is the second Indian Grandmaster to win the FIDE World Chess Championship, following Viswanathan Anand, who held the title from 2000-2002 and 2007-2013 before Magnus Carlsen claimed it in 2013.
- Gukesh, the youngest-ever World Champion, is also the third youngest Grandmaster in history and the youngest player to achieve a 2750 FIDE rating.
- FIDE World Chess Championship:
- The FIDE governs all international chess competitions and was recognized as a Global Sporting Organization by the International Olympic Committee in 1999.
- Founded in 1924 in Paris and headquartered in Lausanne, FIDE is now one of the largest National Chess Federations, encompassing 201 countries as affiliate members.
- The FIDE governs all international chess competitions and was recognized as a Global Sporting Organization by the International Olympic Committee in 1999.
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