Gukesh Dommaraju
Indian chess grandmaster
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| May 2025 | Participated in the second leg of the Grand Chess Tour in Romania, finishing in sixth place. |
| 2025 | Gukesh Dommaraju is named Sportsman of the Year at the Times of India Sports Awards |
| 2025 | Competed in the Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Wangels, Germany, in both Rapid and Classical time controls, finishing 7-8th in Rapid with 3½/9 points and 8th in Classical with a reduced score. |
| April 2025 | Competed in the second leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in Paris, finishing eleventh. |
| January 17 2025 | Gukesh was honored by Indian President Droupadi Murmu with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award at Rashtrapati Bhavan, recognized as the youngest-ever world chess Champion. |
| January 2025 | Competed in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, where he scored 8.5 points in 13 rounds. The tournament was ultimately won by R Praggnanandhaa after tiebreaks with a 2-1 score. |
| 2024 | Placed 2-4th in the Superbet Romania Chess Classic with 5/9 points |
| 2024 | Placed 7th in the 39th European Chess Club Cup Open section with 4/7 points |
| 2024 | Placed 7th and 10th in the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia tournament |
| 2024 | Placed 2nd in the 86th Tata Steel Masters in Wijk aan Zee with 8½/13 points |
| 2024 | Placed 8-10th in the Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland tournament |
| 2024 | Placed 5-7th in the 11th Sinquefield Cup with 4½/9 points |
| 2024 | Placed 5-7th in the 6th Prague Masters with 4½/9 points |
| 2024 | Gukesh Dommaraju was nominated for the Times of India Sports Awards in the Chess Player of the Year category |
| 2024 | Won team and individual gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad. |
| 2024 | Won the Candidates Tournament, becoming its youngest-ever winner. |
| 2024 | Won the World Chess Championship, defeating Ding Liren and becoming the 18th and youngest undisputed world champion at age 18 years and 195 days. |
| October 1 2024 | Entered the top-five in the FIDE rankings for the first time following his Olympiad performance. |
| August 10 2024 | Publication of the book 'From Boy to Man to Challenger: The Fiercest Battles of Gukesh D' by Cyrus Lakdawala, covering 70 games against grandmasters and world champions. |
| 2023 | Won the Asian Games Men's Team Standard event as India's Board 1 player, securing second place for the team |
| 2023 | Won the Chennai Grand Masters tournament with 4½/7 points |
| 2023 | Finished 3rd in the London Chess Classic with 5/9 points |
| 2023 | Gukesh Dommaraju placed 81st in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament in Douglas, Isle of Man, with 5/11 points |
| 2023 | Placed 25th in the World Rapid Championship in Samarkand with 8½/13 points |
| 2023 | Placed 38th in the World Blitz Championship in Samarkand with 12½/21 points |
| 2023 | Won Airthings Masters Play-In online tournament with a perfect 7½/9 record |
| 2023 | Won the Airthings Masters Play-In tournament in Rapid Chess, defeating Vladimir Kramnik in the Match Play |
| 2023 | Achieved 3rd place in the 11th Norway Chess tournament in both Blitz and Classical formats |
| 2023 | Won first place in the Turkish Super League with Turkish Airlines Sports Club |
| 2023 | Competed in the Chess World Cup, finishing between 5-8th place |
| 2023 | Participated in the Global Chess League representing SG Alpine Warriors, finishing 4th in the team competition |
| 2023 | Won the Junior Speed Chess Championship, defeating Emin Ohanyan in the Quarterfinal, Pranav V in the Semi-final, and Raunak Sadhwani in the Final |
| 2023 | Gukesh Dommaraju won the Asian Chess Federation Player of the Year award |
| September 2023 | Became the top-rated Indian chess player, surpassing Viswanathan Anand's 37-year record. |
| 2022 | Won team bronze and individual gold medal at the 44th Chess Olympiad. |
| 2022 | Won team silver medal at the Asian Games in the men's team competition. |
| January 15 2019 | Became the second-youngest grandmaster in chess history at age 12 years, 7 months, and 17 days. |
| 2018 | Won the under-12 title at the World Youth Chess Championship. |
| 2018 | Won multiple gold medals at the Asian Youth Chess Championship. |
| 2017 | Gukesh's father quit his job to travel with him to various chess tournaments, with support from family friends enabling his early chess career. |
| March 2017 | Completed requirements for the International Master title. |
| 2013 | Started playing chess at the age of 7. |
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