World Chess Championship
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The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Gukesh Dommaraju, who defeated the previous champion Ding Liren in the 2024 World Chess C
Gukesh Dommaraju of India, the current world chess champion (2025)
A depiction of the chess match between Howard Staunton and Pierre Saint-Amant, on 16 December 1843
Alexandre Deschapelles, reputed to be the best player in the early nineteenth century
Louis de la Bourdonnais, the world's strongest player from 1821 to his death in 1840
The World Chess Championship 2026 is an upcoming chess match to determine the World Chess Champion. It will be played between the defending champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, and the challenger, Javokhir Sin
World Chess Championship
…match, by 7½ to 6½. At 18 years old, Gukesh became the youngest undisputed World Chess Champion. Gukesh is currently set to defend his title in the 2026 World Chess Championship, where he will face Javokhir Sindarov in Geneva, Switzerland. Until 1948, world championship contests were arranged privately between the players. As…
Gukesh in 2024
Javohir Sindarov 1