Gukesh Dommaraju (Grandmaster) Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Images

Gukesh D alias Gukesh Dommaraju is an Indian chess player prodigy. He is well known as the third youngest player in history to achieve the title of Grandmaster. Gukesh almost beat the Serey Karjakin record as the youngest Grandmaster, but he missed the record by 17 days. He won five gold medals in the Asian Youth Chess Championships.

Gukesh dethroned his mentor Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand as India’s top-ranked chess player in the live world ranking. He defeated Mistradin Iskandarov in the second round of the FIDE World Cup which secured him the 9th position in the classic open category. He has a live rating of 2755.9 on the contrary Anand has a rating of 2754.0. Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin congratulated Gukesh for entering the top 10 of the world’s FIDE ranking for the first time. He also mentioned that Gukesh’s victory is a proud moment for Tamil Nadu.

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Interesting Facts

• He learned chess at the age of seven. Both his parents are working in the medical field.
• His father is an ENT surgeon and his mother is a microbiologist.
• Swimming is one of his favorite hobbies.
• He is one of the youngest Indian players to reach 2700 rating.
• He played at the top board in Chennai Chess Olympiad and secured straight 5 wins. His victory against Spain player Alexi Shirov was praised by team members and officials.
• He won 8 matches out of 8 matches but his winning streak came to an end. His match against Azerbaijan’s Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on Sunday (07/09/2022) ended in a draw.
• His Instagram account has over 23.2K followers (as of August 2023).

Rating and Ranking

• Title: Grandmaster (2019)
• FIDE Rating: 2751 (August 2023)
• Peak Rating: 2751 (August 2023)
• Rating: No. 11 (August 2023)
• Peak Ranking: No. 11 (August 2023)

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