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  2. World Chess Championship - Wikipedia

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    The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated the previous champion Ding Liren in the 2024 World Chess Championship. The first event recognized as a world championship was the 1886 match between Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort. Steinitz won ...

  3. List of World Chess Championships - Wikipedia

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    Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...

  4. World Chess Championship 2024 - Wikipedia

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    The World Chess Championship 2024 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Ding Liren and the challenger Gukesh Dommaraju to determine the World Chess Champion. The match took place between 25 November and 12 December 2024 in Singapore. It was played to a best of 14 games, with tiebreaks if required. [1]

  5. India's Gukesh Dommaraju crowned world champion of chess, the ...

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    Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest world chess champion on Thursday after beating reigning champion Ding Liren in the final match of the World Chess Championship in Singapore.. The 18-year-old ...

  6. Indian teen credits Magnus Carlsen as he becomes youngest ...

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    As a seven-year-old, Dommaraju watched Carlsen end Indian chess wizard Viswanathan Anand’s reign as the world champion. The 2013 match was held in his hometown in Chennai and Dommaraju was in ...

  7. Indian Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, becomes the youngest ever chess ...

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    Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest-ever undisputed classical chess world champion after beating Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their best-of-14 final in Singapore on Thursday.

  8. World Chess Championship 2026 - Wikipedia

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    The World Chess Championship 2026 will be a chess match to determine the new World Chess Champion. It will be played between the defending champion Gukesh Dommaraju and a challenger, who will be the winner of the Candidates Tournament 2026.

  9. Indian teen becomes youngest world chess champion - AOL

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    Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest-ever world chess champion after beating defending champion China's Ding Liren in a dramatic turn on Thursday. Dommaraju, 18, is four years ...