Divith Reddy: Under-8 World Cadets Chess Champion 2024

Eight-year-old Divith Reddy of Hyderabad, Telangana, has won the Under-8 World Cadets Chess Championship in Montesilvano, Italy.

Divith secured 9 out of the possible 11 points in the  Under-8 World Cadets Chess Championship and was tied with fellow Indian Sattwik Swain and the Chinese Ziming Guo. However, due to a better tie-break score, Divith Reddy was awarded the gold medal, Sattwik Swain the silver medal, and the Chinese Ziming Guo got the bronze medal.

Divith, with a FIDE rating of 1784, started the Championships brilliantly by winning the first four of his matches. However, he lost his next two matches but bounced back to win his last five matches and the title.

FIDE World Cadet Championships 2024

The world chess governing body FIDE organised the FIDE World Cadet Championships 2024 at 

Montesilvano, Italy, from 14-27 November 2024.

The World Cadet Championship was organised under three categories -U8, U10 and U12.

FIDE Men’s World Chess Championship 2024

The FIDE Men’s World Chess Championship 2024 is being held at Resorts World Sentosa on Sentosa Island, Singapore. from 27 November to 13 December 2024.

It is a 14-game classical game series in which the first player to reach 7.5 points is declared the winner.

The match is being played between the reigning world champion Ding Liren of China and the challenger Gukesh Dommaraju (D.Gukesh) of India.

The 18-year-old D. Gukesh is the youngest challenger in the history of the World Chess Championships. 

He secured his place as a challenger by winning the FIDE Candidates Tournament held in Toronto, Canada, in April 2024.

Grand Master Ding Liren became the world champion after defeating Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2023 FIDE Men’s World Chess Championship, which was held in Astana, Kazakhstan. 

Ding Liren is the first Classical FIDE World Champion from China.

If D.Gukesh wins the World Championship, he will become the youngest to win the Classical World Chess Championship. 

Gary Kasparov of Russia holds the record for winning the Classical World Chess Championship at 22.

The 2024 World Chess Championship winner will get a prize of $ 2.5 million.

Vishwanath Annand of India is the only Indian who has won the Classical World Chess Championships four times in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2012