Gukesh D

Dommaraju Gukesh (Tamil: குகேஷ்; 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 (June 2020)
Peak rating2563 (May 2020)

Early life

Gukesh was born on 29 May 2006 in Chennai,[2] Tamil Nadu. 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]

Chess career

He 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] Gukesh 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 conclusion of the 34th Cappelle-la-Grande Open in France.[9]

Gukesh was on the verge of surpassing Sergey Karjakin to become the youngest chess grandmaster in history,[10] but he missed the record by less than a month. He became the second youngest grandmaster in history on January 15, 2019, at the age of 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days.[11] As of 2019 he is the second youngest grandmaster in the world and India's youngest grandmaster.

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 (2019-01-16). "My achievement hasn't yet sunk in: Gukesh". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  4. Lokpria Vasudevan (2019-01-17). "D Gukesh: Grit and determination personify India's youngest Grandmaster". India Today. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  5. "Velammal students win gold at World Cadet Chess championship 2018". Chennai Plus. 2018-12-09. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  6. Shubham Kumthekar; Priyadarshan Banjan (2018). "Gukesh D: The story behind a budding talent". IIFL Wealth Mumbai International Chess Tournament. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  7. "Chess: India's Gukesh, Savitha Shri bag gold medals in U-12 World Cadets Championship". scroll.in. 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  8. Prasad RS (2018-03-13). "Gukesh wins 5 gold medals in Asian Youth Chess Championship". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  9. Prasad RS (2018-03-13). "Gukesh making all the right moves". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  10. Shah, Sagar (2018-12-09). "Gukesh with 2 GM norms and 2490 Elo is on the verge of becoming world's youngest GM". ChessBase India. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  11. Shah, Sagar (2019-01-15). "Gukesh becomes second youngest GM in history". Chess News. ChessBase. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
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