In this Telugu name, the person is referred to by his given name, Gukesh, and not by his surname, Dommaraju.
Dommaraju Gukesh
Gukesh at the 2024 Candidates Tournament
Full name
Dommaraju Gukesh
Country
India
Born
(2006-05-29) 29 May 2006 (age 17) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Title
Grandmaster (2019)
FIDE rating
2764 (May 2024)
Peak rating
2764 (May 2024)
Ranking
No. 6 (May 2024)
Peak ranking
No. 6 (May 2024)
Medal record
Representing India
Asian Games
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]
^Team (CHESScom), Chess com (22 March 2019). "The Youngest Chess Grandmasters In History". Chess.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
^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.
^"Candidates Chess: Gukesh becomes youngest winner, to challenge for world title". The Economic Times. 22 April 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
Dommaraju Gukesh (born 29 May 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he is the third-youngest Grandmaster in history, the third-youngest...
held alongside the Women's Candidates Tournament. The event was won by GukeshD, which made him the youngest ever winner of a Candidates Tournament, and...
match between the reigning world champion Ding Liren and the challenger GukeshD to determine the World Chess Champion. The match is provisionally scheduled...
event. The Masters section was won by China's Wei Yi, who defeated India's GukeshD by a score of 1.5–0.5 in the finals of a four-player knockout tournament...
an individual silver medal for his board 1 performance (+7-1=3) behind GukeshD and had a tournament performance rating of 2803. In January 2023, Abdusattorov...
the title of Grandmaster (GM), behind Abhimanyu Mishra, Sergey Karjakin, GukeshD, Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, and Javokhir Sindarov. In 2018, Praggnanandhaa was...
via the Chess World Cup 2023, the second-place finisher in the Circuit, GukeshD, qualified to the 2024 Candidates. A FIDE-rated individual standard tournament...
torch to Modi, who passed it to Indian chess players R Praggnanandhaa and GukeshD who "lit" the virtual Olympic cauldron. The event was contested by a total...
(the winner of the previous championship match between Ding Liren and GukeshD) and a challenger, who will be the winner of the Candidates Tournament...
Ahmad Khan, 6th Asian Seniors at Lar in 2015. Youngest Indian Grandmaster: GukeshD at the age of 12. (2018) First Chess Olympiad hosted in India: 2022, 44th...
grandmaster from India after attaining the title in 2001, a record now held by GukeshD. He was Commonwealth Champion in 2001, World Junior Champion in 2004, and...
Nepomniachtchi, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, World Chess Championship 2024 challenger GukeshD, the two time Grand Chess Tour winner Wesley So, R Praggnanandhaa, Anish...
among them Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu at Rank 2, Arjun Erigaisi at Rank 5, GukeshD at rank 6, and Nihal Sarin at Rank 8. The top 100 junior girl players of...
Steel Chess Tournament 2024 after defeating Nodirbek Abdusattorov and GukeshD in the tiebreaks. With this result, he achieved his personal best rating...
Grandmaster Wei Yi wins the 2024 Tata Steel Masters after beating grandmaster GukeshD in the tiebreak final. Leon Luke Mendonca wins the Challengers' section...
performance rating of 2898. Other players who won individual gold medals include GukeshD of India-2 on board one who scored 9 out of 11 with a performance rating...
5/11. Furthermore, in March Arjun won the 19th Delhi Open- edging out GukeshD and Harsha Bharathakoti on tie-break after all scored 8.5/10. In April...
in the last round of the 2024 Candidates Tournament, therefore allowing GukeshD to win the tournament outright and challenge Ding for the World Chess Champion...
put him in a three-way tie for first place with Ian Nepomniachtchi and GukeshD. In the final two rounds of the tournament Nakamura was held to draws....
Tournament, including Alireza Firouzja, Richárd Rapport, Vidit Gujrathi, GukeshD, R Praggnanandhaa, Wang Hao, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Nijat Abasov, the World...
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