Dommaraju Gukesh (born 29 May 2006), better known as Gukesh D, is an Indian chess player. He is the third-youngest person in history to qualify for the title of Grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in March 2019.[1]
Gukesh was born on 29 May 2006 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His father, Rajnikanth, is an ear, nose and throat surgeon; and his mother, Padma, is a microbiologist.[2] He learnt chess at the age of seven.He studies in Velammal Vidyalaya, Mel Ayanambakkam, Chennai.
Gukesh won the Under-9 section of the Asian School Chess Championships in 2015 and the World Youth Chess Championships in 2018 in the Under 12 category. 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. He completed the requirements for the title of International Master in March 2018 at the 34th Cappelle-la-Grande Open.
Gukesh almost surpassed Sergey Karjakin as the youngest grandmaster ever,[9] 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. However, he is India’s youngest as of 2022. In June 2021, he won the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, Gelfand Challenge, scoring 14 out of 19 points.In August 2022, he began the 44th Chess Olympiad with a perfect score of 8/8, helping to defeat the #1 ranked U.S. in the 8th match. He finished with a score of 9 out 11, a 2867 Elo performance, earning the gold medal on the 1st board.
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 { E10 Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian } d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc1 Be7 8. O-O c6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 b5 13. c5 Qe7 14. e4 Ba6 15. Bf3 Nhf6 16. e5 Ne8 17. Qe3 h6 18. Nh3 g5 19. Be2 Ng7 20. f4 Nf5 21. Qc1 f6 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. fxg5 Nxd4 24. Bg4 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. gxh6 Rf5 27. Re1 e5 28. Nd2 Qh5 29. Kg2 Raf8 *
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