Gukesh: The 18-year-old FRIENDS superfan is now world's youngest chess champion

Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, won the World Chess Championship. He defeated Ding Liren. Gukesh is the youngest to achieve this feat. He is from Chennai, India. He started playing chess at age seven. Viswanathan Anand mentored him. Gukesh also won the Candidates Tournament. He is viewed as a successor to Anand.