As winner of the FIDE 2024 World Championship Candidates Tournament, 17-year-old chess grandmaster from Chennai, India, Dommaraju Gukesh must now prepare to face world champion Ding Liren from China later this year.
If he wins, he will become the youngest ever world chess champion, breaking the record set by Russian Garry Kasparov at age 22, in 1985.
The Candidates Tournament identifies challengers for the World Championship title in both the Open and the Women’s sections. Chinese grandmaster Tan Zhongyi, 33, who won the Women’s section, will face her compatriot Ju Wenjun.