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Gukesh beats Ding Liren: Here’s the complete list of winners in World Chess Championships

India's Gukesh Dommaraju defeated Ding Liren of China to become the youngest ever world chess champion on Thursday.

Gukesh reacts after trumping Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship on Thursday. (FIDE via Eng Chin An)

18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju upstaged China’s Ding Liren in the final game of their best-of-14-games to become the youngest ever world chess champion on Thursday in Singapore.

In 2018, Gukesh became the third-youngest grandmaster in history at 12 years and seven months.

In April, earlier this year, Gukesh stunned the world by winning the eight-man Candidates tournament in Toronto and became the youngest ever challenger for the world championship, finishing top of a stacked field that included Ian Nepomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana.

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Here’s a complete list of the winners in the world chess championships

1. Wilhelm Steinitz (1886-94)

Wins – 4 (1886, 1889, 1890, 1892)

2. Emanuel Lasker (1894-1921)

Wins – 6 (1894, 1896, 1907, 1908, 1910*, 1910)

3. Jose Raul Capablanca (1921-27)

Win – 1 (1921)

4. Alexander Alekhine (1927-35 and 1937-46)

Wins – 4 (1927, 1929, 1934, 1937)

5. Max Euwe (1935-37)

Wins – 1 (1935)

6. Mikhail Botvinnik (1948-57, 1958-60, 1961-63)

Wins – 5 (1948t, 1951*, 1954*, 1958, 1961)

7. Vasily Smyslov (1957-58)

Wins – 1 (1957)

8. Mikhail Tal (1960-61)

Wins – 1 (1960)

9. Tigran V. Petrosian (1963-69)

Wins – 2 (1963, 1966)

10. Boris Spassky (1969-72)

Wins – 1 (1969)

11. Bobby Fischer (1972-75)

Wins – 1 (1972)

12. Anatoly Karpov (1975-85)

Wins – 3# (1975d, 1978, 1981, 1984#)

13. Garry Kasparov (1985-2000)

Wins – 6 (1985, 1986, 1987*, 1990, 1993, 1995)

14. Vladimir Kramnik (2000-07)

Wins – 3 (2000, 2004*, 2006**)

15. Viswanathan Anand (2007-13)

Wins – 4 (2007t, 2008, 2010, 2012**)

16. Magnus Carlsen (2013-2023)

Wins – 5 (2013, 2014, 2016*, 2018*, 2021)

17. Ding Liren (2023-24)

Wins – 1 (2023**)

18. Gukesh Dommaraju (2024-present)

Wins – 1 (2024)

Notes: t – Tournament victory. * – Retained in drawn match. ** – Won in rapid/blitz tiebreaks. # – Leading match when canceled without official result. d – Default.