The Indian teen prodigy has long been considered a rising star in the chess world after he became a chess grandmaster at 12.

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India's aspiring chess players and their parents woke up Friday with big dreams after 18-year-old hometown hero Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest world champion.

His triumph also broke a decades-old record set by Garry Kasparov, who had been the youngest world champion at 22 in 1985. Born on May 29, 2006, in Chennai to a Telugu family, Gukesh Dommaraju’s journey to chess greatness began at the age of seven.

Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest chess world champion Thursday after beating the defending champion Ding Liren of China in the final match of their series in Singapore. Dommaraju,

Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest-ever undisputed classical chess world champion after beating Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their best-of-14 final in Singapore on Thursday.

Gukesh Dommaraju, an 18-year-old Indian chess grandmaster, has made history by becoming the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion. Born in Chennai, India, Gukesh began playing chess at the age of seven and quickly rose through the ranks,