Talk:Gukesh D

2nd- youngest GM or 3rd-youngest?
This article says both that Gukesh is the third-youngest GM of all time, and the second-youngest. Which is it? Chillowack (talk) 01:23, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

(2nd) Youngest player to beat Magnus Carlsen
Pranav Venkatesh (16 years, 138 days old) beat Magnus in blitz during yesterday’s Titled Tuesday, beating Gujesh’s record by two days. 2600:1000:B103:1F56:DD88:D3AA:B16F:8F64 (talk) 02:12, 2 March 2023 (UTC)

2020 and 2021
The article says: "He is India's youngest (GM) as of 2022." However he became 2nd youngest GM in history already in 2019, with Karjakin being the youngest. So how about 2020 and 2021??? Bob.v.R (talk) 13:49, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

Age records
Gukesh was the 2nd youngest GM ever back in 2019, now he's 3rd (after Karjakin & the newest record holder Abhimanyu Mishra (see R_Praggnanandhaa). Also facts are that Gukesh is the 3rd youngest player in history to both qualify to & play in a candidates tournament (Fischer youngest to play in one, Carlsen the youngest to qualify. Just don't know any handy sources to state these.

I don't know who's the youngest Indian GM at the moment. But I don't know if that kind of information is important. --J. Sketter (talk) 18:38, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

3rd youngest Candidate
Fischer and Carlsen both qualified for the Candidates at a younger age, and played at a younger age. A number of press sources are saying Gukesh is the second youngest - ignoring Carlsen - but they are wrong. It can easily be verified than Carlsen was 16 during the World_Chess_Championship_2007. Adpete (talk) 02:30, 16 April 2024 (UTC) Adpete (talk) 08:20, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * 1959 Candidates, began in September 1959; Bobby Fischer (b. 9 March 1943) was about 16 years, 6 months.
 * 2007 Candidates, began on 26 May 2007; Magnus Carlsen (b. 30 Nov 1990) was just under 16 years, 6 months.

Incorrect rating
According to FIDE, Gukesh's rating is 2763. However, it's being automatically populated as 2764, the third off-by-one I'm seeing today. Greenman (talk) 10:50, 3 May 2024 (UTC)