18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju upstaged China’s Ding Liren in the final game of their best-of-14-games to become the youngest ever world chess champion on Thursday in Singapore.
In 2018, Gukesh became the third-youngest grandmaster in history at 12 years and seven months.
In April, earlier this year, Gukesh stunned the world by winning the eight-man Candidates tournament in Toronto and became the youngest ever challenger for the world championship, finishing top of a stacked field that included Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana.
Here’s a complete list of the winners in the world chess championships
1. Wilhelm Steinitz (1886-94)
Wins – 4 (1886, 1889, 1890, 1892)
2. Emanuel Lasker (1894-1921)
Wins – 6 (1894, 1896, 1907, 1908, 1910*, 1910)
3. Jose Raul Capablanca (1921-27)
Win – 1 (1921)
4. Alexander Alekhine (1927-35 and 1937-46)
Wins – 4 (1927, 1929, 1934, 1937)
5. Max Euwe (1935-37)
Wins – 1 (1935)
6. Mikhail Botvinnik (1948-57, 1958-60, 1961-63)
Wins – 5 (1948t, 1951*, 1954*, 1958, 1961)
7. Vasily Smyslov (1957-58)
Wins – 1 (1957)
8. Mikhail Tal (1960-61)
Wins – 1 (1960)
9. Tigran V. Petrosian (1963-69)
Wins – 2 (1963, 1966)
10. Boris Spassky (1969-72)
Wins – 1 (1969)
11. Bobby Fischer (1972-75)
Wins – 1 (1972)
12. Anatoly Karpov (1975-85)
Wins – 3# (1975d, 1978, 1981, 1984#)
13. Garry Kasparov (1985-2000)
Wins – 6 (1985, 1986, 1987*, 1990, 1993, 1995)
14. Vladimir Kramnik (2000-07)
Wins – 3 (2000, 2004*, 2006**)
15. Viswanathan Anand (2007-13)
Wins – 4 (2007t, 2008, 2010, 2012**)
16. Magnus Carlsen (2013-2023)
Wins – 5 (2013, 2014, 2016*, 2018*, 2021)
17. Ding Liren (2023-24)
Wins – 1 (2023**)
18. Gukesh Dommaraju (2024-present)
Wins – 1 (2024)
Notes: t – Tournament victory. * – Retained in drawn match. ** – Won in rapid/blitz tiebreaks. # – Leading match when canceled without official result. d – Default.
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