Viswanathan Anand, one of Gukesh’s idols, is the other Indian, having won the World C’ship five times. Gukesh qualified for a showdown with Liren after winning the Candidates Tournament. The match reached the decisive fourteenth game, and it looked ...

Gukesh clinched the title on 12 December by defeating reigning champion Ding Liren with a score of 7.5-6.5 in a closely contested final

Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand backs up the newly crowned champion D Gukesh after the final match attracts a lot of criticism.

In an exclusive with Firstpost, Viswanathan Anand hailed D Gukesh’s fighting spirit and strong mental fortitude as the Indian chess sensation became the youngest ever world champion by beating Ding Liren on Thursday.

Viswanathan Anand shared an old photo of meeting D. Gukesh as a kid, celebrating his historic achievement of becoming the youngest World Chess Champion at 18 by defeating Ding Liren. Anand hailed him as the "boy who would be king.

Gukesh clinched the title with a dramatic victory over reigning champion Ding Liren in Game 14 of the 2024 World Chess Championship

Indian Grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh, at 18, became the youngest world chess champion by defeating Ding Liren in Singapore. Overcome with emotion, Gukesh celebrated his historic victory, marking a decade-long dream and paying tribute to chess legend Viswanathan Anand,

The encounter between the teenaged D Gukesh and China's Ding Liren entered the decisive 14th game and it looked like it would go the latter's way as he tried to force a tiebreak. But a massive blunder from him ensured that he handed Gukesh the 14th game and the world champion title on a platter.

D Gukesh's father had special praise for a senior Indian Grandmaster and hailed him for playing a ‘big role’ in his son's World C'ship victory in Singapore.