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. 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.
