18-year-old Gukesh defeated Liren and became the youngest world chess champion in history.
Indian Gukesh Dommaraju, playing with black pieces, defeated the reigning champion Ding Liren and led the match with a score of 7.5 : 6.5. This way, he clinched the victory. At the age of 18, Gukesh broke the record set by Garry Kasparov, who became champion at the age of 22 in 1985. Gukesh is the 18th world champion. Before him, Viswanathan Anand from India had also won the title
