India, April 22 -- 17-year-old D Gukesh scripted history on Sunday, becoming the youngest-ever World Championship challenger. The Grandmaster from Chennai also became the first teenager in history to win the tournament. Prior to the tournament, nobody expected Gukesh to reign supreme in Toronto, with many considering Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura as the favourites.Round one saw all matches end as a draw, with the tournament finally seeing action in round two. India's Vidit Gujrathi defeated Nakamura in a shock win, while R Praggnanandhaa ended up losing to Gukesh. Caruana was in hot form, as he outplayed Nijat Abasov in a positional domination, and on the other hand, Ian Nepomniachtchi beat Alireza Firouzja in a tight-fought contest.In round three, there was a draw between Abasov and Nakamura, as Gukesh also drew against Nepomniachtchi. Meanwhile, Praggnanandhaa caught Vidit by surprise with the Ruy Lopez Jaenisch Gambit Deferred.

He defeated Vidit to bag the only win in round three. Round four also had only one decisive match as Nepomniachtchi beat Vidit to get the lead.Round five saw Praggnanandhaa and Vidit draw to Nepomniachtchi and Caruana respectively. Both Abasov and Firouzja lost to Gukesh and Nakamura respectively, which saw the Indian join Nepomniachtchi in the lead. Abasov and Firouzja lost again in the next round. Then in round seven, Firouzja beat Gukesh and other matches ended as draws, which saw Nepomniachtchi end the first-half of the tournament as the leader.Round eight saw some thrilling chess as Abasov held Nepomniachtchi to a draw and Gukesh bounced to a win, defeated Vidit. The win saw Gukesh join Nepomniachtchi in pole position, and Nakamura joined Praggnanandhaa in third. All matches in round nine were drawn, except for Vidit's win against Nakamura, who bounced back to winning ways in the next round with a victory against Abasov, and Caruana defeated Firouzja.

Round 10 saw a top-of-the-table contest between Gukesh and Nepomniachtchi, which ended in a draw and the pair still held the joint-lead. Meanwhile, Caruana, Nakamura and Praggnanandhaa were half a point behind. Round 11 saw Nakamura clinch victory against Praggnanandhaa and Vidit lost to Nepomniachtchi. Nepomniachtchi again got the sole lead as Gukesh drew to Caruana.Nepomniachtchi drew his match in round 12, and Nakamura won his third game in a row. Meanwhile, Gukesh and Caruana bagged wins. Round 12 saw Nepomniachtchi, Nakamura and Gukesh in a three-way for first position. In round 13, Gukesh beat Firouzja and Praggnanandhaa fell to Caruana. Nepomniachtchi and Nakamura had a draw which saw Gukesh get a half-point lead over the pair and Caruana, before the final round.In the final round, Nakamura was white against Gukesh and Caruana got white against Nepomniachtchi. If Gukesh would draw his game, then Nakamura, Caruana and Nepomniachtchi all needed a win to go to tie-breaks. Gukesh ended up drawing his game, with only kings on the board after 71 moves. Meanwhile, Nepomniachtchi and Caruana drew on move 109 in a thrilling contest, which meant that Gukesh won the tournament, and would play for the title later this year.

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