The people behind the game
Gukesh Dommaraju
Beat Ding Liren in Singapore in December 2024 to become the youngest undisputed world champion, at 18.
- Born
- 2006
- Country connections
- India
At the board
The games. The ideas.
Explore classic encounters and championship battles. Play every move, or jump straight to the moments that tell the story.
2024 · World championship · Game 14
The deciding endgame
The last game of the 2024 championship. A late exchange sequence leaves Ding in a lost king-and-pawn ending.
Read the position
Every move sets the scene.
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Complete move list 58 moves
The journey
A remarkable path.
Gukesh became a grandmaster in 2019. In 2024 he won the Candidates Tournament, earned team and individual gold at the Chess Olympiad, and defeated Ding Liren in Singapore. At eighteen, he became the youngest undisputed world champion. [1]
From the photographic archive Explore the championship record →The championship record
Time with the crown.
- 2024–presentOpen world championship
Reigns are periods of title ownership, not a count of championship victories. Open-ended reigns reflect the record checked on 18 October 2026.
From the archive
A life in photographs.
Sources & credits
Biographical details and title records checked . Country connections describe the player’s career and background, rather than a live federation listing.
Portrait: Frans Peeters · CC BY-SA 2.0. Displayed in monochrome and cropped.
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