18-year-old Indian Grand Master D Gukesh ousted Chinese GM Ding Liren in the final Game 14 of the World Chess Championships to become the youngest world champion in the history of the sport.
With his monumental win, Gukesh becomes the 18th GM and just the second Indian GM, after the legendary Viswanathan Anand, to win the world championship title.
Coming into the final battle after 13 rollercoaster games in the match, both competitors stood on level ground, having nabbed 6.5 points each, needing one point i.e. nothing short of a win, to clinch the world champion title.
