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The Indian grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju created history on Thursday, December 12 as he became the youngest world chess champion.
The 18-year-old star defeated China’s Ding Liren to reach the feat.
Take a look at the list of youngest world chess champions.
At the age of 18, Gukesh became the youngest world chess champion.
Garry Kasparov was 22 years 210 days old when he became the world chess champion. He outplayed Anatoly Karpov in 1985 to claim the title.
Magnus Carlsen was 22 years, 357 days old when he claimed the title of world chess champion.
At the age of 23 years and 32 days, Mikhail Tal became the world chess champion.
At the age of 23 years, 10 months, and 8 days, Anatoly Karpov became the world chess champion.
Vladimir Kramnik was 25 years, 8 months, and 4 days old when he bagged the title of world chess champion.
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