Billionaire businessman Elon Musk on Saturday congratulated India's newly-crowned International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Championship title winner, Gukesh Dommaraju.
India has achieved yet another proud milestone in the international chess arena. The 18-year-old promising Grandmaster, D. Gukesh, delivered a stellar performance to defeat reigning champion Ding Liren of China and claim the title of the 2024 World Chess Champion
"Wins like this, it bring an entire nation together in joy, in celebration. We have seen this several times in Indian sports. We saw it when India won the 1983 World Cup back, the 2011 World Cup and when Viswanathan Anand became world champion," Srinath said.
Gukesh made history on Thursday by becoming the youngest champion in the sport's history, defeating China's Ding Liren in the final game of their FIDE World Championship match.
Gukesh made history on Thursday by becoming the youngest champion in the sport's history, defeating China's Ding Liren in the final game of their FIDE World Championship match.
Gukesh made history on Thursday by becoming the youngest-ever champion in the history of the sport after defeating China's Ding Liren in the final game of their FIDE World Championship tie.
Following D Gukesh's historic FIDE World Championship title win, his coach Vishnu Prasanna said that there is a lot to achieve for the young Indian grandmaster to come up to the level of five-time world champion Vishwanathan Anand.
Five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand took to social media and shared a photo of him with young D Gukesh recalling the moment when referred to the Indian Chess grandmaster as the "boy who would be king" in the post.
Following D Gukesh's historic FIDE World Championship title win, Indian Chess grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi believed that this victory would attract a lot of more people to the game of Chess.
Gukesh made history on Thursday by becoming the youngest-ever champion in the history of the sport after defeating China's Ding Liren in the final game of their FIDE World Championship tie.
Gukesh made history on Thursday as he was crowned the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Champion following the final game of his FIDE World Championship tie against China's Ding Liren, becoming the youngest-ever champion in the history of the sport.