Gukesh D Age 18

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gukesh_D

Title

Grandmaster

Live Rating

2784.0

Live Rank

#4

FIDE Rating

2777

World Rank

#5

India Rank

#2

FIDE Peak Rating

2794 - Oct 2024 (Age 18)

FIDE Peak Rank

#5 (2794) - Oct 2024 (Age 18)

Rapid

2654 World #42, Peak 2656 (Oct 2023)

Blitz

2615 World #88, Peak 2659 (Aug 2023)

Born

29 May 2006
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

FIDE ID 46616543

Wikipedia

18th undisputed Chess Champion of the World.

To each hero, their time... Gukesh, throughout his still short but very bright life, has been breaking records and constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible. The Indian prodigy has been first or among the first in almost every race: the youngest ever open World Champion, the title of the youngest grandmaster, the greatest number of games played, the fastest rating growth in a calendar year, early achievements of 2600, 2700 and 2750 ratings, qualifying for the World Championship cycle, the Candidates Tournament, and the match for the crown. By the age of 18, Gukesh has left his mark everywhere, including at the very highest level.

Dommaraju Gukesh, or simply Gukesh D., as he is known worldwide, was born on May 29, 2006, in Chennai. His scholarly parents (his father is a surgeon, and his mother a microbiologist) taught him chess when he started school. At 7, he was dedicating only an hour a day to practice three times a week, playing in tournaments on weekends, but within a year, he had a permanent coach. At 9, Gukesh won the Asian Championship U12, and in 2018, he captured five gold medals, winning in all formats and time controls. In January 2019, he almost broke Karjakin's record of youngest ever grandmaster, earning the title just two and a half weeks older than Karjakin when he achieved his nearly two decades earlier.

At that time, he crossed the 2500 rating mark, and by March 2020, he had a rating of 2563. If it hadn't been for the COVID-19 pandemic, Gukesh's career might have developed even faster... The Indian player returned to competitive chess in June 2021, scoring 14/19 against the world's strongest juniors at the Julius Baer Challengers online event, and then returned to over-the-board play, reaching a rating of 2640 by October. Between March and July 2022, Dommaraju embarked on a true open-world tour: in five months, with short breaks, he participated in 10 consecutive tournaments, playing 90 games and increasing his rating by 70 points.

In India, this streak was highly appreciated, and at the home Olympiad in Chennai in 2022, he was given the 1st board of the national youth team. The decision paid off! Gukesh played all the games, starting with a perfect 8/8 score, leading his team to the top of the tournament. Only a heartbreaking loss to Uzbekistan (Dommaraju had a winning position against Abdusattorov) prevented the young Indians from taking the title (they finished second), and their leader from achieving the absolute best result on the 1st board in Olympiad history, although his 9/11 was enough to earn individual gold.

After the triumph in Chennai, Gukesh had no intention of slowing down: he participated in three more tournaments, and within less than 8 months, his rating soared from 2614 (180th in the world) to 2732 (18th). He crossed the 2700 mark at 16 years, 3 months, and 3 days (only Wei Yi and Firouzja did it earlier). In 2023, the Indian prodigy, now invited to all the major tournaments, continued to accumulate successes: WR Chess Masters (5.5/9), Sharjah Masters (6/9), Norway Chess (5/9), Qatar Masters (6.5/9), and the Chennai Grand Masters (4.5/7). The last of these secured Dommaraju a spot in the 2024 Candidates Tournament as the winner of the FIDE Circuit tournament race. Never before has a 17-year-old chess player participated in such a competition; the previous record belonged to Firouzja, who turned 19 in 2022.

Gukesh's chances in Toronto were not rated very high, but he made good use of Anand's advice, who had been a great help to his fellow countrymen – Pragg and Gukesh – especially after Dommaraju replaced Vishy as India's #1 chess player following Anand's 37-year reign. Gukesh perfectly paced himself throughout the tournament, never losing control, and despite a disappointing loss in the 7th round, he managed to win three games, take 1st place (9/14), and earn the right to the championship match. Gukesh became the youngest challenger for the crown. Before him, Kasparov was the youngest to qualify for the match at 21. Ponomariov won the title at 18, but that was during the FIDE knockout system. So, when the Indian prodigy dethroneds Ding Liren in the winter of 2024, he became the youngest World Champion in history!

Carlsen, who never came close to Gukesh's records, doesn't see anything particularly special in his playing style, calling him a "pure counter": "I can't say that his style fascinates me like Praggnanandhaa or Erigaisi. But at the same time, Gukesh almost never makes mistakes, which makes him an extremely dangerous opponent under any circumstances..."

Highlight:

Having won the Candidates Tournament of 2024, Gukesh went on to challenge and defeat World Champion Ding Liren for the title later in November-December 2024. He is the youngest ever Challenger for the World Championship title and easily the youngest undisputed World Champion of all time.

Titles:

Candidate Master in 2015, FIDE Master in 2017, International Master in 2018 aged 11 years 9 months 9 days and Grandmaster in 2019 aged 12 years 7 months 17 days, one of only six players to have achieved the GM title while aged 12 (as at April 2024). World Champion at the age of 18 years 6 months and 24 days.

Ratings Milestones:

Third youngest to reach 2700 in September 2022 aged 16 years 3 months

Youngest to reach 2750 in August 2023 aged 17 years 2 months

Top ranked player in India in September 2023, aged 17 years 3 months (ahead of Anand)

Youngest ever World Champion in December 2024, aged 18 years 6 months and 24 days.

Championships:

Asian U12 Champion 2015.

Twice world champion in youth chess:

• U12 (2018) and
• U14 (2020) (online)

World Cup 2023: Gukesh defeated Iskandarov, Narayanan and Esipenko in the preliminary rounds (after a first round bye) before he was eliminated in Round 5 by Magnus Carlsen.

Gukesh qualified for the Candidates Tournament of 2024 through the 2023 FIDE Circuit. In April 2024 he won the Candidates Tournament, the youngest person to do so and therefore the youngest ever Challenger for the World Championship Match. He won the World Championship in the match played in Singapore from November through to 12 December 2024 vs then World Champion Ding Liren.

Tournaments:

2021: Gukesh won the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, Gelfand Challenge, with 14/19

2023, Finished equal 1st alongside Aronian and Nepomniachtchi at the WR Masters tournament in Dusseldorf, placing second to Aronian in the tiebreaks.

Team Events:

2022 Olympiad: Gold medal on board 1 with 9/11 (TPR 2867)

2024 Olympiad: Gold medal on board 1 with 10/11 (TPR 3054) Also team gold.

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Games

#	White Player	Rating	Black Player	Rating	Result	Moves	Site	Date
1	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2768	Gukesh D	2777	1/2-1/2	66	Wijk aan Zee	24 Jan 2025
2	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2777	Keymer, Vincent	2733	1-0	64	Wijk aan Zee	22 Jan 2025
3	Sarana, Alexey	2677	Gukesh D	2777	1/2-1/2	70	Wijk aan Zee	21 Jan 2025
4	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2777	Caruana, Fabiano	2803	1/2-1/2	24	Wijk aan Zee	20 Jan 2025
5	Fedoseev, Vladimir1	2717	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2777	1/2-1/2	43	Wijk aan Zee	19 Jan 2025
6	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2777	Giri, Anish	2731	1-0	42	Wijk aan Zee	18 Jan 2025
7	Ding, Liren	2728	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	0-1	58	Singapore	12 Dec 2024
8	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	Ding, Liren	2728	1/2-1/2	68	Singapore	11 Dec 2024
9	Ding, Liren	2728	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	1-0	39	Singapore	9 Dec 2024
10	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	Ding, Liren	2728	1-0	29	Singapore	8 Dec 2024
11	Ding, Liren	2728	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	1/2-1/2	36	Singapore	7 Dec 2024
12	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	Ding, Liren	2728	1/2-1/2	54	Singapore	5 Dec 2024
13	Ding, Liren	2728	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	1/2-1/2	51	Singapore	4 Dec 2024
14	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	Ding, Liren	2728	1/2-1/2	72	Singapore	3 Dec 2024
15	Ding, Liren	2728	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	1/2-1/2	46	Singapore	1 Dec 2024
16	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	Ding, Liren	2728	1/2-1/2	40	Singapore	30 Nov 2024
17	Ding, Liren	2728	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	1/2-1/2	42	Singapore	29 Nov 2024
18	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	Ding, Liren	2728	1-0	37	Singapore	27 Nov 2024
19	Ding, Liren	2728	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	1/2-1/2	23	Singapore	26 Nov 2024
20	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2783	Ding, Liren	2728	0-1	42	Singapore	25 Nov 2024
21	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2794	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	2726	1/2-1/2	32	Vrnjacka Banja	26 Oct 2024
22	Eljanov, Pavel	2672	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2794	1/2-1/2	43	Vrnjacka Banja	25 Oct 2024
23	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2794	Pechac, Jergus	2582	1/2-1/2	64	Vrnjacka Banja	24 Oct 2024
24	Andreikin, Dmitry	2729	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2794	1-0	51	Vrnjacka Banja	23 Oct 2024
25	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2794	Mamedov, Rauf	2643	1/2-1/2	66	Vrnjacka Banja	22 Oct 2024
26	Gorodetzky, David	2497	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2794	0-1	37	Vrnjacka Banja	21 Oct 2024
27	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2794	Petursson, Margeir	2405	1-0	47	Vrnjacka Banja	20 Oct 2024
28	Fedoseev, Vladimir1	2692	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2764	0-1	48	Budapest	22 Sep 2024
29	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2764	Caruana, Fabiano	2798	1-0	46	Budapest	21 Sep 2024
30	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2764	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2766	1/2-1/2	32	Budapest	20 Sep 2024
31	Maghsoodloo, Parham	2723	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2764	0-1	34	Budapest	19 Sep 2024
32	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2764	Wei, Yi	2762	1-0	80	Budapest	18 Sep 2024
33	Rapport, Richard	2715	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2764	1/2-1/2	44	Budapest	16 Sep 2024
34	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2764	Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan	2632	1-0	38	Budapest	15 Sep 2024
35	Predke, Alexandr	2671	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2764	0-1	85	Budapest	14 Sep 2024
36	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2764	Kozak, Adam	2609	1-0	54	Budapest	13 Sep 2024
37	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar	2531	Gukesh D	2764	0-1	40	Budapest	12 Sep 2024
38	Gukesh D	2766	So, Wesley	2751	1/2-1/2	35	Saint Louis	28 Aug 2024
39	Giri, Anish	2746	Gukesh D	2766	1/2-1/2	23	Saint Louis	27 Aug 2024
40	Caruana, Fabiano	2793	Gukesh D	2766	1/2-1/2	60	Saint Louis	26 Aug 2024
41	Gukesh D	2766	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2721	1/2-1/2	72	Saint Louis	25 Aug 2024
42	Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2762	Gukesh D	2766	1/2-1/2	46	Saint Louis	23 Aug 2024
43	Gukesh D	2766	Firouzja, Alireza	2751	1/2-1/2	73	Saint Louis	22 Aug 2024
44	Praggnanandhaa R	2749	Gukesh D	2766	1/2-1/2	62	Saint Louis	21 Aug 2024
45	Gukesh D	2766	Nepomniachtchi, Ian	2767	1/2-1/2	60	Saint Louis	20 Aug 2024
46	Ding, Liren	2745	Gukesh D	2766	1/2-1/2	28	Saint Louis	19 Aug 2024
47	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2763	Giri, Anish	2745	1/2-1/2	61	Zagreb	14 Jul 2024
48	Vachier Lagrave, Maxime	2718	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2763	1-0	61	Zagreb	14 Jul 2024
49	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2763	Firouzja, Alireza	2744	1-0	47	Zagreb	14 Jul 2024
50	So, Wesley	2757	Gukesh, Dommaraju	2763	1-0	47	Zagreb	14 Jul 2024