18-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Chess World Champion in History

The teenager, already the youngest challenger to compete for the world title, banking a share of the $2.5 million prize fund in the process.

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Indian teen Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the youngest chess world champion after beating Chinese rival

Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest chess world champion after beating the defending champion Ding Liren of China
ABC News - 10m
Indian teen becomes youngest world chess champion

Gukesh Dommaraju defeated defending chess champion Ding Liren of China in a nail-biter final game.
BBC News - 57m
Teen chess prodigy becomes youngest world champion

The usually shy and reserved teen burst into tears after nearly three weeks and 14 games of intense battle against his opponent.
CBS News - 2h
India's Gukesh Dommaraju crowned world champion of chess, the youngest ever

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.
NBC News - 4h
Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world chess champion after horrific Ding Liren blunder

Indian teenager becomes 18th world chess champion Modi hails ‘historic and exemplary’ achievement Move-by-move report of Game 14 – as it happened Play through 22 famous world championship ...
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Olivia Reeves becomes first US lifter to pair world title with Olympic gold in 66 years

Reeves, 21, captures world title in 71kg division Chattanooga native won Olympic gold this summer Olivia Reeves won her first world weightlifting title on Wednesday, four months after winning ...
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Luke Humphries on fame, anxiety and Luke Littler: ‘I’ve become world champion by being myself’

The 29-year-old says real-life experience working as a roofer made darts success all the sweeter and how he enjoys his battles with 17-year-old Littler more than any other. “Definitely,” Luke ...
The Guardian - 2d
Ding and Gukesh miss wins as World Chess Championship nears climax

World champion and 18-year-old challenger are deadlocked at 4.5-4.5 in their best-of-14 series which finishes next week. China’s world champion, Ding Liren, and his Indian opponent, Gukesh ...
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