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Teenage Indian chess grandmaster D Gukesh has become the youngest player to lift the coveted World Chess Championship trophy.
The 18-year-old grandmaster beat Ding Liren of China in game 14 to win the championship and end India’s trophy drought.
Gukesh’s win got him the 7.5 points needed to declare him a winner.
Before the game on Thursday, the two grandmasters were tied on 6.5 points and needed a win in the 14th game to avoid going into the tiebreakers.
Gukesh became the second Indian after Vishwanathan Anand to win the championship. And had won the trophy five times.
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