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D Gukesh has become the first Indian grandmaster to win the FIDE Chess Championships since Viswanathan Anand in 2012.
Is chess GM Dommaraju (D) Gukesh married, does he have a wife or girlfriend and what is his net worth in 2024
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation (FIDE) awarded Gukesh with the Grandmaster title in March 2019.
Gukesh Had Earlier Beaten Magnus Carlsen
Dommaraju Gukesh who defeated Ding in game 14 of the FIDE Chess Championship, beat the world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in 2022 during the preliminary phase of Aimchess Rapid online chess.
Gukesh beat Carlsen with white pieces early on Monday to move up to the third position with 21 points. He is now placed behind Poland’s Jan-Krzystof Duda (25 points) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, 23 points).
Following the victory, the Indian teenager became the youngest ever chess grandmaster to beat the Norwegian champion, at 16 years, four months and 20 days old.
Gukesh broke the previous record held by Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa who beat the world champion in February when he was 16 years, six months and 10 days old.
Dommaraju Gukesh Brief Bio
Dommaraju Gukesh was born on May 29, 2006, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His father is an ENT surgeon named Rajnikanth, while his mother is a microbiologist named Padma.
Gukesh started learning chess at the early age of seven and studied at the Velammal Vidyalaya, Mel Ayanambakkam, Chennai.
Age 18 Indian chess GM D Gukesh is currently the youngest Indian chess grandmaster. He is single and unmarried and has a net worth of $1.5 million.
Omg!!! At just 18 @DGukesh becomes the World Chess Champion beating Ding Liren in the final game. Does India Proud.
The class and composure throughout. #GukeshDing
Yes! We watched history. @PSampathkumarMD @nramind pic.twitter.com/Vmm7nU5CYe— Vincent Rajkumar (@VincentRK) December 12, 2024
Personal Achievements
In August 2022, Gukesh won the 44th Chess Olympiad, his 8th consecutive win. He previously won the Under-9 division of the Asian School Chess Championships in 2015 and the Under-12 division of the World Youth Chess Championships in 2018.
In the 2018 Asian Youth Chess Championships, Gukesh bagged five gold medals in the U-12 solo fast and blitz, U-12 team rapid and blitz, and U-12 individual classical formats.
He finished all the prerequisites for the title of International Master at the 34th Cappelle-la-Grande Open in March 2018.
Gukesh also came close within 17 days of beating Sergey Karjakin’s record for being the youngest grandmaster ever.
He became the second-youngest grandmaster in the history of chess at the age of 12 years, seven months, and 17 days on January 15, 2019. As of 2022, he is the youngest grandmaster in India.
Gukesh scored 14 out of 19 points to win the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour’s Gelfand Challenge in June 2021.
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