The 18-year-old defeated Ding Liren of China to become the youngest ever world chess champion, capping a fabulous year in which he has hardly put a foot wrong wherever he has shown up to compete.
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World Chess Championship: Ding Liren, D Gukesh heading to thrilling 13th game after Chinese champion bounces back to level match 6-6
China’s Ding Liren recovered to beat Indian opponent D Gukesh in the 12th game of the FIDE World Chess Championship
World Chess Championship: D Gukesh 1.5 points away from maiden trophy with win in 11th game against Ding Liren
Things turned upside down when Liren went for completing his development and missed out on a simple manoeuvre that would have probably given the defending champion slightly better prospects.
World Chess Championship: D Gukesh, Ding Liren settle for draw in Game 9, reach 4.5 points each
The two players signed peace after 54 moves. While Friday is a rest day, Gukesh and Liren will play game 10 on Saturday.
World Chess Championship: D Gukesh, Ding Liren play out yet another draw, score tied at 4 after Game 8
The drawn match left both the players on an identical tally of 4 points each, still shy of 3.5 points in order to win the championship.
World Chess Championship: D Gukesh squanders advantage, settles for draw in Game 7
Earlier in the day, Gukesh yet again tightened the noose in the opening. He has clearly been the better player when it came to springing surprises at the start. Moving his knight forward on the first move, the Indian faced the Neo-Grunfeld defense from Liren, and as early as in the seventh turn, Gukesh came up with a surprise idea.
World Chess Championship: D Gukesh, Ding Liren draw fourth game; remain level on points
The two players signed peace after 42 moves vide repetition and are tied on two points each after four games of the 14-round showdown. The first to reach 7.5 points will be crowned the champion.
World Chess Championship: D Gukesh takes third game to make it even, Ding Liren to bank on resilient past for crown
Having demonstrated better preparation and claimed his first victory in the third game on Wednesday, November 27, the teenager is expectedly upbeat and would be looking to just relax on the first rest on Thursday.
World Chess Championship: D Gukesh claws back with draw as Ding Liren maintains lead
Playing with black pieces, Gukesh made a comeback of sorts, having lost to Liren in the opener of the 14-game showdown, on Monday, November 25.
China’s Ding Liren draws first blood in World Chess Championship opener as Indian GM Gukesh lets it slip
The victory with black pieces gave the Chinese an early lead in the 14-game showdown scheduled to last till mid-December.
