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Dommaraju Gukesh (born 29 May 2006), better known as Gukesh D, is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he is the third-youngest person in history to qualify for the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in March 2019.[1] On 16 October 2022, at the age of 16, he became the youngest player ever to defeat current world champion Magnus Carlsen, when he beat Carlsen in a game at the Aimchess Rapid Tournament.[2]

Dommaraju Gukesh
Gukesh D, Karlsruhe 2019
Born	(2006-05-29) 29 May 2006 (age 16) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Title	Grandmaster (2019)
FIDE rating	2725 (November 2022)
Peak rating	2732 (October 2022)
Ranking	No. 23 (November 2022)
Peak ranking	No. 18 (October 2022)

Early life

Gukesh was born on 29 May 2006 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His father, Rajnikanth, is an ear, nose and throat surgeon, and his mother, Padma, is a microbiologist.[3] He learnt chess at the age of seven.[4] He studies in Velammal Vidyalaya, Mel Ayanambakkam, Chennai.[5]

Career

Gukesh won the Under-9 section of the Asian School Chess Championships in 2015,[6] and the World Youth Chess Championships in 2018 in the Under 12 category.[7] He also won five gold medals at the 2018 Asian Youth Chess Championships, in the U-12 individual rapid and blitz, U-12 team rapid and blitz, and the U-12 individual classical formats.[8] He completed the requirements for the title of International Master in March 2018 at the 34th Cappelle-la-Grande Open.[9]

Gukesh almost surpassed Sergey Karjakin as the youngest grandmaster ever,[10] but missed the record by 17 days. He became the second-youngest grandmaster in history on 15 January 2019, at the age of 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days.[11] However, he is India's youngest as of 2022. In June 2021, he won the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, Gelfand Challenge, scoring 14 out of 19 points.[12] In August 2022, he began the 44th Chess Olympiad with a perfect score of 8/8, helping to defeat the No. 1 ranked U.S. in the 8th match. He finished with a score of 9 out 11, a 2867 Elo performance, earning the gold medal on the 1st board.

In October 2022, Gukesh became the youngest player to beat Magnus Carlsen since becoming World Champion, in the Aimchess Rapid tournament.[13]

References

External links

• Gukesh D rating card at FIDE
• D Gukesh ID card at the All India Chess Federation
• Gukesh D player profile at Chess.com
• Gukesh D player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Gukesh D chess games at 365Chess.com

На других языках

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[de] D. Gukesh

Dommaraju Gukesh (geboren am 29. Mai 2006 in Chennai) ist ein indischer Schachspieler. Im März 2019 erhielt er als damals zweitjüngster Spieler (nach Sergej Karjakin) im Alter von zwölf Jahren, sieben Monaten und 17 Tagen von der FIDE den Titel eines Großmeisters verliehen. Die erforderlichen Normen erfüllte er im April 2018 beim 18th Bangkok Chess Club Open, im Dezember 2018 bei einem Großmeisterturnier im serbischen Paraćin und im Januar 2019 beim Delhi International Open.[1] In der französischen Top 12 spielte er 2019 für die Association Cannes-Echecs.

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- [en] Gukesh D

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[ru] Доммараджу, Гукеш

Гукеш Доммараджу (там. குகேஷ்; род. 29 мая 2006[2], Ченнаи[3]) — индийский шахматист, гроссмейстер (2019). На 2019 год самый молодой гроссмейстер Индии и второй в списке самых молодых гроссмейстеров в мире, отставая от Сергея Карякина всего на месяц.[5]

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