Who Is Gukesh D? All You Need To Know About Youngest World Chess Championship Contender
India scripted history in chess as Gukesh D, at the age of 17, became the youngest player ever to win the FIDE Candidates Chess tournament in Toronto. The teenager, who one of the pillars of the revolution India has caused in chess across the globe, also became the youngest challenger to the World Championship title, courtesy of his victory at the event. Gukesh needed only a draw against American Hikaru Nakamura in the 14th and final round to secure that tile. He did so by accumulating a total of nine points out of a possible 14.
