D Gukesh wins 2024 World Chess Championship title: Full record of winners until date
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India’s D Gukesh turned the 18th world chess champion when he defeated China’s Ding Liren within the 2024 World Chess Championship match in Singapore on Thursday. We check out the whole record of world chess champions until date.
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Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh scaled new heights in his chess-playing profession after he gained the 2024 World Chess Championship in Singapore on Thursday. Gukesh defeated China’s Ding Liren with a 7.5-6.5 scoreline
to turn out to be solely the second Indian to clinch the World Championship title, with Viswanathan Anand being the one different Indian to take action.
Gukesh, 18,
additionally turned the youngest-ever world champion, beating Garry Kasparov’s report. Kasparov was 22 years outdated when he gained the World Championship title in 1985. Gukesh is 18th champion of the World Chess Championship general.
Viswanathan Anand Unique |
‘Gukesh’s journey to profitable chess World Championship is exceptional’
The Chennai teenager had certified for the World Championship match in opposition to defending champion Ding Liren after having gained the 2024 Candidates event in Toronto in April. Liren had overwhelmed Ian Nepomniachtchi to win the 2023 title. Let’s now check out the whole record of winners of the World Chess Championship:
Checklist of world chess champions
| Sl No | Winner | Dates | Titles gained | Years gained |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilhelm Steinitz | 1886-94 | 4 | 1886, 1889, 1890, 1892 |
| 2 | Emanuel Lasker | 1894-1921 | 6 | 1894, 1896, 1907, 1908, 1910 (Twice) |
| 3 | Jose Raul Capablanca | 1921-27 | 1 | 1921 |
| 4 | Alexander Alekhine | 1927-35, 1937-46 | 4 | 1927, 1929, 1934, 1937 |
| 5 | Max Euwe | 1935-37 | 1 | 1935 |
| 6 | Mikhail Botvinnik | 1948-57, 1958-60, 1961-63 | 5 | 1948, 1951, 1954, 1958, 1961 |
| 7 | Vasily Smyslov | 1957-58 | 1 | 1957 |
| 8 | Mikhail Tal | 1960-61 | 1 | 1960 |
| 9 | Tigran V. Petrosian | 1963-69 | 2 | 1963, 1966 |
| 10 | Boris Spassky | 1969-72 | 1 | 1969 |
| 11 | Bobby Fischer | 1972-75 | 1 | 1972 |
| 12 | Anatoly Karpov | 1975-85 | 4 | 1975, 1978, 1981, 1984 |
| 13 | Garry Kasparov | 1985-2000 | 6 | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1995 |
| 14 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2000-07 | 3 | 2000, 2004, 2006 |
| 15 | Viswanathan Anand | 2007-13 | 4 | 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 |
| 16 | Magnus Carlsen | 2013-23 | 5 | 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021 |
| 17 | Ding Liren | 2023-24 | 1 | 2023 |
| 18 | D Gukesh | 2024-present | 1 | 2024 |
