India’s very own D Gukesh outplayed China’s Ding Liren in the 14th round to win the World Chess Championship 2024 title in Singapore on Thursday. Gukesh managed to seal the requisite 7.5 points against 6.5 of Liren after securing victory in the last classical time control game of the 14-game match that looked like a draw. On the back of this feat, the 18-year-old Gukesh became the youngest world chess champion, surpassing the previous record of Garry Kasparov.
List Of Youngest World Chess Champions
D Gukesh – 18 years 8 months 14 day – December 12, 2024
Garry Kasparov – 22 years 6 months 27 days – November 9, 1985
Magnus Carlsen – 22 years 11 months 24 days – November 23, 2013
Mikhail Tal – 23 years 5 months 28 days – May 7, 1960
Anatoly Karpov – 23 years 10 months 11 days – April 3, 1975
Vladimir Kramnik – 25 years 4 months 10 days – November 4, 2000
Emanuel Lasker – 25 years 5 months 2 days – May 26, 1894
