List of All World Chess Champions: Complete Timeline and Winners The Classical World Chess Championship refers to the traditional title awarded to the world's best chess player, first contested in ...

India’s 18-year-old prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju capped his meteoric rise by becoming the youngest world chess champion in history after defeating Ding Liren 7½-6½ in a tense championship in ...

Over the next few weeks, Gukesh, still fresh into adulthood, could become the youngest-ever chess world champion. By qualifying for this month’s 2024 World Chess Championship in Singapore ...