The 16-year-old Indian Grandmaster from Chennai D Gukesh became the yonungest to beat world champion, Magnus Carlsen. He upset Carlsen in the ninth round of the preliminary phase of the Aimchess Rapid online chess tournament with white pieces. By defeating the world champion, he moved up to the third position behind Poland’s Jan-Krzyst of Duda (25 points) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan, 23 points) with 21 points after the 12th round. He is considered to be a chess prodigy. He is the third-youngest person in history to qualify for the title of Grandmaster. He was the awarded the title by FIDE in March 2019.