Gukesh Dommaraju can do

[Morrison]

what Bobby wanted to do, become the youngest world champion in the history of chess

Bobby, born 1943, would have easily won the 1963 championship, but was cheated during the qualifying stage….


Allegations of collusion
What makes this tournament famous and often-discussed is the allegations of Soviet collusion. The three top finishers (Petrosian, Geller and Keres) drew all twelve of their games against each other, in an average of only 19 moves.[16]

Soon after the tournament, Fischer publicly alleged that the Soviets had colluded to prevent any non-Soviet – specifically him – from winning. His allegations were twofold: first, that Petrosian, Geller and Keres had pre-arranged to draw all their games; and second, that Korchnoi had been part of the drawing pact in the first half of the tournament, and been instructed to lose some games to them in the second half.[17][18] (In the first two cycles Korchnoi drew all his games with Petrosian, Geller and Keres; in the third cycle he lost to all of them; and in the final cycle he lost to Petrosian but drew with Keres and Geller).

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_...mpionship_1963

[Morrison]

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess...le68931303.ece

[Morrison]

I guess Ding is the winner so far as the challenge seems to have helped him out of his depression.

[Morrison]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...ame-12-updates

The fifth-ranked Gukesh, an 18-year-old native of Chennai, is bidding to shatter the record for youngest ever undisputed world champion held by Garry Kasparov, who was 22 when he dethroned Anatoly Karpov in their 1985 rematch in Moscow.

[shafiq]

https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/20...ion-ding-liren

[Elefant&Castle]

https://www.chess.com/events/2024-fi...d-championship

[Gollygordon]

And he wins it.

Amazingly young for a game that so rewards experience.

[Elefant&Castle]

Amazingly young for a game that so rewards experience.

He is the youngest, but how many old people have won the title?

Kasparov and Carlsen were 22, Karpov 23, Kramnik 25, Bobby Fisher 29 .
Over 30 and age is against you...

[chobochobo]

I thought the other guy was not tipped to win due poor form over the past year. Not really a surprise, except that it seems to have been quite close and needed a mistake by Ding. Match-fixing? LOL

[Gollygordon]

He is the youngest, but how many old people have won the title?

Kasparov and Carlsen were 22, Karpov 23, Kramnik 25, Bobby Fisher 29 .
Over 30 and age is against you...

That's a good point, but how many hours more had Kasparov played (or even could have played) by the time he got to this level (4 years in question being 30-40% of Gukesh's post pubescent life)? And it is fairly well established that an 18 year old's brain isn't yet fully mature.

I suppose I'm saying that there are ultimately good reasons why high level chase has age divisions up to U-20.