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India's chess star Gukesh Dommaraju returned to a hero's welcome in his home city on Monday after becoming the youngest world champion aged only 18.
NEW DELHI: India's aspiring chess players and their parents woke up Friday (Dec 13) with big dreams after 18-year-old hometown hero Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest world champion.
Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju broke new ground to reach the World Chess Championship and the 18-year-old is now hot favourite to win the title and make more history.
SINGAPORE: Newly crowned world chess king Gukesh Dommaraju said becoming a champion was a dream that was more than a decade in the making, as he underlined his ambition to strive for "greatness".
PARIS (Reuters) - Magnus Carlsen feels he's still better than the young generation of chess players, but the Norwegian great is ruling out a comeback at the classical world championship.
SINGAPORE: Indian teen prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju (pic) became the youngest undisputed world chess champion Thursday (Dec 12) after beating China's Ding Liren in the final match of their series in Singapore.
It will be a super few weeks of chess in Singapore as the country stages the World Chess Championship from Nov 25 to Dec 13 at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS).
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Friday (Dec 13, 2024)
Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest chess world champion after beating the defending champion Ding Liren of China in the final match of their series in Singapore.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Monday (Dec 16, 2024)
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Tuesday (Dec 3, 2024)
