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00:00Who is D Gukesh? Meet youngest world chess champion. Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh created
00:08history by winning the world chess championship title.
00:14Youngest champion ever. D Gukesh is the youngest world chess champion ever.
00:22Defeated the Chinese champion, Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh won the title at the World Championship
00:272020, 4 in Singapore, defeating Ding Lian.
00:34World record at 18, D Gukesh the world champion is 18 years, 8 months and 14 days old. His
00:41father is an ENT surgeon and his mother a microbiologist.
00:47Broke Garry Kasparov's record. D Gukesh broke Garry Kasparov's record as the youngest world
00:53chess champion. Kasparov's record stood for decades. Garry Kasparov achieved the distinction
01:01of becoming world champion at 20, 2 years, 6 months and 27 days old.
01:09Second Indian world champion. D Gukesh is the second Indian to become world chess champion
01:15after Viswanathan Anand. Viswanathan Anand, 5 time champion. Viswanathan
01:22Anand was a 5 time world chess champion, last winning the title in 2013.