Crowned youngest world chess champ, teen prodigy eyes 'greatness'

13th December 2024

Gukesh was just seven when he watched compatriot Viswanathan Anand lose the world chess title in November 2013 to challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway -- a match that fired up his dream to bring the crown back to India.

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Newly crowned world chess king Gukesh Dommaraju. AFP PHOTO
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Newly crowned world chess king Gukesh Dommaraju said becoming a champion was a dream that was more than a decade in the making, as he underlined his ambition to strive 

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