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Lakdawala: From Boy to Man to Challenger - The Fiercest Battles of Gukesh D (hardcover) SN_required true d4 with the direct 1Gukesh Dommaraju became the challenger for the 2024 World Chess Championship when the then 17 year old won the Candidates Tournament in Toronto earlier that year, ahead of favourites including Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi. A year earlier Gukesh wasn't so well known in the West, even though the chess prodigy had been consistently breaking records: Gukesh was the second youngest Grandmaster in chess history, missing being the