Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh on Saturday, dedicated his 'Dil-Luminati' concert in Chandigarh to India's newly-crowned International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Champion, Gukesh Dommaraju.
Billionaire businessman Elon Musk on Saturday congratulated India's newly-crowned International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Championship title winner, Gukesh Dommaraju.
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 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.
President Droupadi Murmu, Vice-President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M.K.Stalin, and Indian National Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge congratulated Indian chess grandmaster D. Gukesh
With the scores levelled at 6.5-6.5 each heading into the final game, Gukesh managed to deliver his best when it was needed the most, with the 18-year-old sealing a historic win over Ding to become the 18th chess champion in the sport's history. The final score was Gukesh (7.5) and Ding (
At the end of game 13, the scores are level at six and the half points each, with one classical game left, as per FIDE. At this point, one move or one mistake could be the point of difference. The game lasted for 68 moves.