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Gukesh D

2006 - Today

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Gukesh Dommaraju (born 29 May 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster and the reigning World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, Gukesh is the youngest undisputed world champion, the youngest player to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2750, doing so at the age of 17, and the third-youngest to have surpassed 2700 Elo at the age of 16. He earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 12 and is the third-youngest grandmaster in chess history. Gukesh started playing chess at the age of 7. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gukesh D is the 326th most popular chess player (up from 459th in 2019), the 1,324th most popular biography from India (up from 1,799th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Gukesh D ranks 326 out of 461. Before him are Leinier Domínguez, Monika Soćko, Julio Granda, Bela Khotenashvili, Qin Kanying, and Natalia Pogonina. After him are Étienne Bacrot, Arkadij Naiditsch, Jacob Aagaard, Joel Benjamin, Peng Zhaoqin, and Vasilios Kotronias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2006, Gukesh D ranks 7. Before him are Endrick, Mckenna Grace, Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Kamila Valieva, Warren Zaïre-Emery, and Xochitl Gomez. After him are Marc Guiu, Jacob Tremblay, Lee Re, Summer McIntosh, Silia Kapsis, and Kaylia Nemour.

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In India

Among people born in India, Gukesh D ranks 1,324 out of 1,861. Before him are Satish Kaushik (1956), Anirudh Ravichander (1990), Nandita Das (1969), Zarina Wahab (1959), Salman Khurshid (1953), and Ram Gopal Varma (1962). After him are Syed Kirmani (1949), Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956), Raghubar Das (1955), Bob Woolmer (1948), Padmini Kolhapure (1965), and Nisha Agarwal (1989).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In India

Among chess players born in India, Gukesh D ranks 8. Before him are Humpy Koneru (1987), Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (2005), Pentala Harikrishna (1986), Harika Dronavalli (1991), Vidit Gujrathi (1994), and R Vaishali (2001). After him are Tania Sachdev (1986), Krishnan Sasikiran (1981), Yuzvendra Chahal (1990), Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi (1979), Parimarjan Negi (1993), and Surya Shekhar Ganguly (1983).

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