Gukesh Dommaraju Explained

Gukesh Dommaraju
Full Name:Gukesh Dommaraju
Country:India
Birth Date:29 May 2006
Birth Place:Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Grandmaster (2019)
Peakrating:2794 (October 2024)
Peakranking:No. 5 (October 2024)
Fideid:46616543

Gukesh Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006), also known as Gukesh D, is an Indian chess grandmaster.[1] He is the third-youngest grandmaster in history, the third-youngest to reach a chess rating of 2700, the youngest to reach a rating of 2750, and is the eighteenth-highest rated player in history with a peak rating of 2794. He is also the youngest Candidates Tournament winner and the youngest contender to compete for the World Championship.[2] He has won one team and two individual gold medals at the Olympiad as well as one bronze team medal. He is a silver medalist at the Asian Games.[3]

At the junior level, Gukesh is a multiple-gold medalist at the World Youth Championship and the Asian Youth Championship.

Early life

Gukesh was born on 29 May 2006 in Chennai into a Telugu family originally hailing from Andhra Pradesh.[4] [5] His father, Dr. Rajinikanth, is an ear, nose and throat surgeon, and his mother, Dr. Padma, is a microbiologist.[6] He learned to play chess at the age of seven.[7] He studied at the Velammal Vidyalaya school, Mel Ayanambakkam, Chennai.[8]

Gukesh began practicing and playing chess in 2013 for one hour, three days a week. He would then participate and play tournaments on weekends after his good performance was acknowledged by his chess teachers.[9]

Career

20152019

Gukesh won the Under-9 section of the Asian School Chess Championships in 2015[10] and the World Youth Chess Championships in 2018 in the Under 12 category.[11] 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 U-12 individual classical formats.[12] He completed the requirements for the title of International Master in March 2017 at the 34th Cappelle-la-Grande Open.[13]

On 15 January 2019, at the age of 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days, Gukesh became the then second-youngest grandmaster in history,[14] only surpassed by Sergey Karjakin by 17 days.[15] The record has since been beaten by Abhimanyu Mishra, making Gukesh the third-youngest.[16] [17]

2021

In June 2021, he won the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, Gelfand Challenge, scoring 14 out of 19 points.[18]

2022: Olympiad individual gold

In August 2022, he played the 44th Chess Olympiad and initially had a perfect score of 8/8, notably defeating US No. 1 Fabiano Caruana in the eighth match. He finished with a score of 9 out of 11, earning the gold medal on the 1st board and his team India-2 finished third in the tournament

In September 2022, Gukesh reached a rating of over 2700 for the first time, with a rating of 2726.[19] This made him the third-youngest player to pass 2700, after Wei Yi and Alireza Firouzja.[20]

In October 2022 during the Aimchess Rapid tournament, Gukesh became the youngest player to beat Magnus Carlsen since the latter became World Champion.[21]

2023

In the August 2023 rating list, Gukesh became the youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2750.[22]

Gukesh participated in the Chess World Cup 2023. He reached the quarter-finals before being defeated by Magnus Carlsen.[23]

In the September 2023 rating list, Gukesh officially surpassed Viswanathan Anand as the top-ranked Indian player, marking the first time in 37 years that Anand was not the top-ranked Indian player.[24] [25]

In December 2023, with the end of the FIDE Circuit, Gukesh qualified for the 2024 Candidates Tournament.[26] Gukesh had placed second in the Circuit, but Fabiano Caruana, the winner, had already qualified through the World Cup.[27] He became the third youngest player to play in a Candidates tournament, behind Bobby Fischer and Magnus Carlsen.[28] [29]

2024: Candidates winner and Olympiad gold

In January 2024, Gukesh participated in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024. He scored 8.5/13 to finish in a 4-way tie for first place. In the twelfth round, he had a winning position against R Praggnanandhaa, but blundered into a threefold repetition. In tiebreaks, he defeated Anish Giri in semifinals but lost to Wei Yi in the finals.[30]

In April 2024, Gukesh participated in the 2024 Candidates Tournament. Gukesh won games against R Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi playing as black, Alireza Firouzja playing as white, and Nijat Abasov playing as both black and white.[31] His only loss was his game with black against Firouzja. This gave him five wins, one loss and eight draws, for a score of 9/14, winning the tournament and qualifying for the 2024 World Championship match against Ding Liren.[32] He is the youngest ever winner of the Candidates.[33] [34] [35]

In September 2024, Gukesh took part in the Chess Olympiad in Budapest as part of the Indian team. He put up a dominant performance on board one, defeating Wei Yi, Parham Maghsoodloo, and Fabiano Caruana and finishing with 9 points in 10 rounds. He had the highest performance rating of 3056 among all players in the tournament. His performance earned him an individual gold medal on board one, and helped India to their first ever team gold medal at the Olympiads.[36]

Gukesh entered the FIDE world top-five for the first time on 1 October 2024.[37] [38]

Awards

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 22 March 2019 . The Youngest Chess Grandmasters In History . 22 April 2024 . Chess.com. en-US.
  2. Web site: Levin (AnthonyLevin) . Anthony . 21 April 2024 . Gukesh Youngest Ever To Win Candidates Tournament, Tan Wins Women's By 1.5 Points . 22 April 2024 . Chess.com . en-US.
  3. News: 22 April 2024 . Candidates Chess: Gukesh becomes youngest winner, to challenge for world title . 22 April 2024 . The Economic Times . 0013-0389.
  4. Web site: 22 April 2024 . Chennai teen D Gukesh goes down in chess folklore with historic victory, 2nd Indian after legend Anand to win Candidates . 22 April 2024 . Hindustan Times . en . The teen sensation was born on May 29, 2006 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu..
  5. Web site: 5 May 2024 . Gukesh D . 22 April 2024 . Sakshi.
  6. Web site: Prasad RS . 16 January 2019 . My achievement hasn't yet sunk in: Gukesh . 18 March 2019 . The Times of India.
  7. Web site: Lokpria Vasudevan . 17 January 2019 . D Gukesh: Grit and determination personify India's youngest Grandmaster . India Today . 18 March 2019.
  8. Web site: 9 December 2018 . Velammal students win gold at World Cadet Chess championship 2018 . Chennai Plus . 18 March 2019 . 27 March 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090711/http://chennaiplus.in/velammal-students-win-gold-at-world-cadet-chess-championship-2018/ . dead .
  9. Web site: 22 April 2024 . How Gukesh Became A Chess Prodigy . .
  10. News: Shubham Kumthekar . Priyadarshan Banjan . 2018 . Gukesh D: The story behind a budding talent . IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Chess Tournament . 9 December 2018 . 16 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190416062735/http://www.iiflwmumbaichess.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=134:gukesh%20d-the-story-behind-a-budding-talent&catid=8:news-event&Itemid=130 . dead .
  11. News: 16 November 2018 . Chess: India Gukesh, Savitha Shri bag gold medals in U-12 World Cadets Championship . scroll.in . 9 December 2018.
  12. News: Prasad RS . 13 March 2018 . Gukesh wins 5 gold medals in Asian Youth Chess Championship . The Times of India . 9 December 2018.
  13. News: Prasad RS . 13 March 2018 . Gukesh making all the right moves . The Times of India . 9 December 2018.
  14. News: Shah . Sagar . 15 January 2019 . Gukesh becomes second youngest GM in history . Chess News . ChessBase . 15 January 2019.
  15. News: Shah . Sagar . 9 December 2018 . Gukesh with 2 GM norms and 2490 Elo is on the verge of becoming world's youngest GM . ChessBase India . 9 December 2018.
  16. Web site: Hartmann . John . 30 June 2021 . GM Abhimanyu Mishra is the Youngest GM in History! . 23 April 2024 . US Chess.org . en.
  17. News: Barden . Leonard . Chess: Gukesh, 17, shocks favourites to become youngest challenger for title . . 26 April 2024 . 16 July 2024.
  18. News: Rao. Rakesh. 14 June 2021. Gritty Gukesh wins Gelfand Challenge. The Hindu. 18 June 2021.
  19. https://ratings.fide.com/profile/46616543/chart Gukesh D, Rating Progress Chart
  20. Web site: Biel: Gukesh becomes third-youngest player to cross the 2700 mark. 17 July 2022. en.chessbase.com.
  21. Web site: Gukesh D vs. Carlsen, Magnus Aimchess Rapid Prelims 2022 . 16 October 2022 . chess24.com . en.
  22. https://www.chess.com/news/view/gukesh-youngest-player-to-break-2750 Gukesh Breaks Record: Youngest Player To Cross 2750 Rating
  23. Web site: 16 August 2023 . 2023 Chess WC Q/Fs: Pragg takes Erigaisi to tie-breaks; Gukesh, Vidit out . 16 August 2023 . ESPN.com . en.
  24. Web site: 37 years - How the world changed as Anand stayed constant on top of Indian chess. 1 September 2023. ESPN. Anirudh. Menon.
  25. Web site: Gukesh Ends Anand's 37-Year Reign As India's Official Number 1. 1 September 2023. Chess.com. Leon. Watson.
  26. Web site: 30 December 2023 . Gukesh confirms his Candidates spot . 15 January 2024 . Hindustan Times . en.
  27. Web site: FIDE World Championship Cycle . 15 January 2024 . International Chess Federation (FIDE) . en.
  28. https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/gukesh-confirms-his-candidates-spot-101703957927677.html Gukesh confirms his Candidates spot
  29. https://en.chessbase.com/post/candidates-tournament-2024-poll Who will win the 2024 Candidates Tournament?
  30. News: Carlos Alberto Colodro . Wei Yi brilliantly wins Tata Steel Masters in blitz playoff . 27 September 2024 . . 29 January 2024.
  31. https://www.chess.com/news/view/2024-fide-candidates-tournament-round-14 Gukesh Youngest Ever Candidates Winner, Tan Takes Women's By 1.5 Points
  32. Web site: Dylan Loeb McClain . The Next Winner of the World Chess Championship Could Be the Youngest Ever . 22 April 2024 . https://archive.today/20240425010801/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/crosswords/chess/gukesh-candidates-winner.html . 25 April 2024 . The New York Times.
  33. News: Leonard Barden. 26 April 2024. Chess: Gukesh, 17, shocks favourites to become youngest challenger for title. The Guardian .
  34. News: Sunaadh Sagar . D Gukesh, aged 17, wins FIDE Candidates 2024; will play Ding Liren for World Champion title . 22 April 2024 . . 22 April 2024.
  35. Web site: Indian teenager Gukesh to challenge China's Ding for world chess title. . 22 April 2024.
  36. Web site: India wins historic double team gold at FIDE Chess Olympiad 2024. . 23 September 2024.
  37. Web site: October 2024 FIDE Ratings: Gukesh Joins Arjun In World Top-5. chess.com. 1 October 2024.
  38. Web site: Arjun Erigaisi, Gukesh in top 5 rankings after historic Chess Olympiad; Ding Liren out of top 20. Indian Express. 1 October 2024.
  39. News: Gukesh won the "Player of the Year" and "Best Young Achievers Male" awards. chessarena.com.
  40. Web site: Venugopal . Ashok . 2024-11-28 . All eyes on the teenage Grand Master . 2024-11-28 . The New Indian Express . en.
  41. Web site: 2024-11-27 . World Chess Championship: With Game 3 win, Gukesh shows again that his strongest weapon is his mental toughness . 2024-11-28 . The Indian Express . en.

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