Gukesh is the youngest player in the game’s history to cross an Elo rating of 2750 a distinction previously held by world No 1 Magnus Carlsen | Latest News India
CHENNAI, Oct 17: Teenaged Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh stunned Magnus Carlsen in the ninth round of the preliminary phase of Aimchess Rapid online chess tournament, becoming the youngest to beat the world champion. The 16-year-old from Chennai beat the world No.1 with white pieces early on Monday to move up to third position behind Poland’s Jan-Krzystof Duda (25 points) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, 23 points) with 21 points after the 12th round. Gukesh’s 29-move dismantling of the world champion comes […]
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Sixteen-year-old Grandmaster (GM) D.Gukesh (Elo rating 2,684), the Indian chess `Rajinikanth , on Saturday set the Chennai Olympiad on fire defeating America s super GM Fabiona Caruana (Elo rating 2,783).India-2 team handed out a royal defeat .
A 7/7 in the Chess Olympiad for any Grandmaster (GM) is not a small feat and if that was achieved by a 16-year-old GM, then it is even more commendable.The 16-year-old boy is GM D. Gukesh, one of the world s youngest to get the coveted GM .