At just 18, Gukesh dethroned Garry Kasparov, who had held the record since 1985 when he became the youngest ever world champion at 22. In his reaction, Kramnik in a post on X wrote: “No comment.

Here we take a look at the top five youngest male to become chess World No. 1. Magnus Carlsen is on top of the list.

If Kasparov won, it would be confirmation that times were changing, that something fresh and exciting and terrifying was coming. But to be abandoned, without a winner, after 48 grueling games?

Kasparov is among the chess greats who feel ... also differed with his contemporary Vladimir Kramnik, who said that given the many blunders that were committed in the match marked the 'end of ...