The plan was only too simple -- for Gukesh to be Gukesh. That would give him his best chance to be world champion. How nice it must be when a plan comes together to proclaim the new king of the world.

India’s 18-year-old prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju capped his meteoric rise by becoming the youngest world chess champion in history after defeating Ding Liren 7½-6½ in a tense championship in ...

D Gukesh's results on Day 1 of the Freestyle Chess Grand Tour, Weissenhauss. 0.5-0.5 vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov. 0-1 vs Alireza Firouzja. 0.5-0.5 vs Levon Aronian. 0.5-0.5 vs Javokhir Sindarov.

Magnus Carlsen, the No. 1-ranked chess player in the world, suffered a defeat to current world champion Gukesh Dommaraju. See Carlsen's reaction. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX ...

Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest-ever undisputed classical chess world champion after beating Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their best-of-14 final in Singapore on Thursday.

India on Thursday hailed chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju after the 18-year-old became the youngest world champion with a thrilling final win over China's Ding Liren. Gukesh surpassed a record held ...

Gukesh Dommaraju, the 18-year-old chess prodigy from India, has unseated China's Ding Liren to become the new world chess champion. Born in 2006, Dommaraju is the youngest world champion of all ...

Sports The World’s Greatest Chess Player’s Stunning Defeat, Explained Magnus Carlsen’s loss to Gukesh Dommaraju is rocking the chess world for multiple reasons.

Gukesh's team had a plan: they knew he would have the better stamina, and therefore, ... it was eating at him. So, on the rest day after game 9, they went to the beach, ...