- BornMay 29, 2006, Chennai, India
- CountryIndia
- World championsince 2024
- In the line of championsNo. 18 of 18
- Highest rating2794 (October 2024)
FIDE's official lists (from July 1971)
The road to the title
Gukesh comes from Chennai, the city where Viswanathan Anand grew up, and became a grandmaster at twelve. In 2024 he won the Candidates tournament in Toronto, aged 17 and the youngest winner ever, and the same year he took gold with India at the Chess Olympiad.
The title matches
| Year | Against | Result | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ding Liren | 7½–6½ (+3 −2 =9) Won the title | Singapore |
The match in Singapore
The title match against Ding Liren began with a loss for Gukesh. He leveled in the third game, and then it went back and forth. Before the fourteenth and last game it stood 6½–6½.
In an endgame that looked like a draw, Ding made a mistake, and Gukesh won. You can replay the whole game here.
Now
On November 24, 2026, Gukesh begins his title defense against Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan in Geneva. The match runs to at most fourteen games, and any tiebreak is played on December 12. This page will be updated when the match has been played.
Gukesh's games here
- Ding vs. Gukesh, 2024 World Championship, Game 14 (2024, Gukesh played Black). Play like Gukesh: guess the moves, one at a time.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Gukesh Dommaraju
- Chess.com: Gukesh Dommaraju
- FIDE: Gukesh's rating history
- FIDE: Regulations for the FIDE World Championship Match 2026
- PGN Mentor: the 2024 title match and the 2024 Candidates tournament
The facts on this page come from the sources above, checked against each other. Where the sources disagree, only what they agree on is given. The match results are also checked against the games themselves.
Updated November 8, 2026