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India's grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju (R) reacts after winning against China's chess grandmaster Ding Liren in game 14 of the 2024 FIDE World Championship in Singapore on December 12, 2024. The 18-year-old became "the YOUNGEST WORLD CHAMPION in history", said the International Chess Federation in a post on social media platform X, after Ding resigned in a thrilling endgame that had been expected to end in a draw.

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Gukesh D Unleashed The Zugzwang To Become The Youngest World Chess Champion In History

China’s chess grandmaster Ding Liren (R) and India’s chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju (L) compete during the start of the FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore on November 25, 2024.

Ding Liren Is Putting Up A Fight

12 February 2024, Schleswig-Holstein, Wangels: Chess: Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. Challenge, chess tournament based on the Chess960 variant, quarter-finals, at the Weissenhaus Private Nature Luxury Resort. Ding Liren (China) in action. Photo: Marcus Brandt/dpa

The Clouds Have Gathered Over The World Chess Championship

2024 world chess championship