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#Youngest

3 entries across 2 sections of the encyclopedia.

Championships

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  1. Championship World Chess Championship 1960

    The Magician from Riga takes the throne at 23 — Mikhail Tal becomes the youngest world champion to date, defeating Mikhail Botvinnik in Moscow.
  2. Championship World Chess Championship 1985

    Garry Kasparov becomes the 13th world chess champion at 22 — the youngest ever, defeating Anatoly Karpov in the rematch decided by Game 24.

Player

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  1. Player Gukesh Dommaraju

    The youngest classical world chess champion in history — 18 years old when he took the title in Singapore 2024.