India's Gukesh Dommaraju beats China's Ding Liren to claim youngest world chess champion t

Gukesh Dommaraju of India became the youngest chess world champion by beating defending champion Ding Liren of China on Thursday (Dec 12) in a dramatic turn of events in the last game of a 14-game match in Singapore. The 18-year-old chess grandmaster also became the second Indian to hold the title after five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand. https://cna.asia/4iAjNmg (Thumbnail photo: Facebook/FIDE - International Chess Federation) Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Subscribe to our news service for must-read stories: Telegram - https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp - https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us: CNA: https://cna.asia CNA Lifestyle: http://www.cnalifestyle.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/channelnewsasia Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/channelnewsasia Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/channelnewsasia TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@channelnewsasia