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Gukesh D

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Also known as Gukesh Dommaraju, D. Gukesh, Dommaraju Gukesh

Indian chess grandmaster

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D. Gukesh is an Indian male chess player born in Chennai on May 29, 2006. He holds the titles of Candidate Master, International Master, Grandmaster, and world chess champion. His Elo rating is 2794, and he is ranked 28th. He competes for India and has participated in the Candidates Tournament 2024, the 44th and 45th Chess Olympiads, and the World Chess Championship 2024.

Gukesh was trained by Grzegorz Gajewski and began his work period in 2021. He is right-handed and speaks English, Tamil, and Telugu, with Telugu as his native language. His name in his native language is గుకేష్ దొమ్మ. He has social media followers and is referenced by other encyclopedia articles.

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Origin
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Active from
1955-03-11

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Encyclopedic overview

Gukesh Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, Gukesh is the youngest undisputed world champion; the youngest player to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2750, doing so at the age of 17; and the third-youngest to have surpassed 2700 Elo at age 16. He earned the title of grandmaster at age 12 and is the fourth-youngest grandmaster in chess history.

Gukesh started playing chess at age 7. He won the under-12 title at the World Youth Chess Championship in 2018, and multiple gold medals at the 2018 Asian Youth Chess Championship. He became an International Master in March 2017. On 15 January 2019, at the age of 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days, he became the second-youngest grandmaster in the history of the game, after Sergey Karjakin. He was part of the Indian team that won the silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games in the men's team competition.

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