D Gukesh, the youngest World Champion in the game’s history. He met with one of the country’s major business tycoons, Gautam Adani. The latter praised the 18-year-old Indian Grandmaster for his amazing achievement in the world of chess. Gukesh, who made history as the youngest World Chess Champion. He defeated Ding Liren of China in a 14-game tournament in Singapore. The 18-year-old from Chennai took advantage of Ding’s error in the 14th game to dethrone the reigning champion.
He won 7.5 to 6.5 and became the second Indian to win the World Championship in classical chess, following Viswanathan Anand. Gukesh beat chess legend Garry Kasparov’s four-decade record. The latter won the title in 1985 at the age of 22 years, 6 months, and 27 days. Gukesh is the second Indian to win the World Chess Championship, succeeding five-time winner Viswanathan Anand, who lost to Magnus Carlsen of Norway in Chennai in 2013.
Carlsen abdicated the title in 2023, allowing Ding to defeat Ian Nepomniachtchi. Adani’s prophecy of Indian youngsters dominating chess has already begun. With extraordinary talents such as Vaishali Rameshbabu, who has been awarded the Grandmaster title by FIDE. Vaishali is the third Indian female Grandmaster after Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli. The Indian chess team also achieved history at the 45th Chess Olympiad in Hungary, winning gold in both the Open and Women’s categories.
Gukesh’s Historic Feat Celebrated
The women’s team won the first-ever gold medal in this prestigious competition. Koneru Humpy reclaimed the Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship after a five-year absence, and Vaishali won bronze in the World Blitz Chess Championship on the last day of the year. D Gukesh thanked the head of the Adani Group for inviting him and expressed hope that his support would help Indian chess expand even further.
Adani on X said, “At just 18, Gukesh’s poise and brilliance are a testament to India’s unstoppable youth. Prodigies like him are inspiring a new generation, building an army of champions ready to dominate global chess for decades. This is the confident, resurgent, and rising India. Jai Hind!.”
