Checkde India! Teen prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world chess champion

D Gukesh, at 18, becomes the youngest-ever World Chess Champion, defeating Ding Liren in Singapore. Gukesh’s victory marks India’s second world champion after Viswanathan Anand. Ding’s critical blunder in the final game handed Gukesh the title, avoiding tiebreaks. The win breaks Garry Kasparov’s record as the youngest champion, previously set at 22.