Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest world chess champion
Season 2024
Episode 351
About the Episode
The newest world chess champion is also the youngest ever to claim the title. Eighteen-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated defending titleholder Ding Liren at the World Chess Championship in Singapore on Thursday, has had a meteoric rise amid a surge in the game’s popularity in India. Author and content creator Levy Rozman, known online as GothamChess, joins John Yang to discuss.
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