Gukesh D

Dommaraju Gukesh (born 29 May 2006), commonly known as Gukesh D, is an Indian chess player. He is the second youngest person in history to qualify for the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in March 2019.[1]

Gukesh D
Gukesh D, Karlsruhe 2019
Born (2006-05-29) 29 May 2006
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
TitleGrandmaster (2019)
FIDE rating2563 (February 2021)
Peak rating2563 (May 2020)

Early life

Gukesh was born on 29 May 2006 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, to a Telugu-speaking family.[2] His father, Rajnikanth, is an ear, nose and throat surgeon; and his mother, Padma, is a microbiologist.[3] He learnt chess at the age of seven.[4] He studies in Velammal Vidyalaya, Mel Ayanambakkam, Chennai.[5]

Career

Gukesh won the Under-9 section of the Asian School Chess Championships in 2015[6] and the World Youth Chess Championships in 2018 in the Under 12 category.[7] He also won five gold medals at the 2018 Asian Youth Chess Championships, in the U-12 individual rapid and blitz, U-12 team rapid and blitz, and the U-12 individual classical formats.[8] He completed the requirements for the title of International Master in March 2018 at the 34th Cappelle-la-Grande Open.[9]

Gukesh almost surpassed Sergey Karjakin as the youngest grandmaster ever,[10] but missed the record by 17 days. He became the second-youngest grandmaster in history on 15 January 2019, at the age of 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days.[11] As of 2019 he is the second-youngest grandmaster and India's youngest.

References
  1. "List of titles approved by the 2019 1st quarter PB in Astana, Kazakhstan". FIDE. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  2. "Title Applications. 2nd quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2018, July 8-11, Bucharest, ROU". FIDE.
  3. Prasad RS (16 January 2019). "My achievement hasn't yet sunk in: Gukesh". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  4. Lokpria Vasudevan (17 January 2019). "D Gukesh: Grit and determination personify India's youngest Grandmaster". India Today. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  5. "Velammal students win gold at World Cadet Chess championship 2018". Chennai Plus. 9 December 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  6. Shubham Kumthekar; Priyadarshan Banjan (2018). "Gukesh D: The story behind a budding talent". IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Chess Tournament. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  7. "Chess: India's Gukesh, Savitha Shri bag gold medals in U-12 World Cadets Championship". scroll.in. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  8. Prasad RS (13 March 2018). "Gukesh wins 5 gold medals in Asian Youth Chess Championship". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  9. Prasad RS (13 March 2018). "Gukesh making all the right moves". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  10. Shah, Sagar (9 December 2018). "Gukesh with 2 GM norms and 2490 Elo is on the verge of becoming world's youngest GM". ChessBase India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  11. Shah, Sagar (15 January 2019). "Gukesh becomes second youngest GM in history". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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