D. Gukesh, the youngest chess player from India, qualifies in Fides Candidate Tournament
To select the chess players for participating in world chess championship, the Fide Candidates Tournament was conclude on 21st April 2024 in Toronto, Canada.D. Gukesh, from Chennai, India is selected and emerging at the top of the list with a score of 9 after 14 rounds of matches. With this, D. Gukesh becomes the youngest chess player to win this tournament smashing the record of former world champion Garry Kasparov who did it at an age of 22 years.
So far from India the only player to qualify in this tournament was Vishwanathan Anand.
Let us all congratulate our young chess player and wish him all success in world chess championship to be held later this year.