Indian teenage chess star Domaraju Gukesh on Monday grew to become the youngest chess participant to beat Magnus Carlsen as world chess champion.
Gukesh defeated Magnus Carlsen within the ninth spherical of the Amches Rapid, the eighth occasion of the $1.6 million 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour.
Earlier this yr, Gukesh grew to become the youngest Indian participant to cross the 2700 score, and the youngest Indian to interrupt into the world’s high 100.
“Obviously it’s always special to beat Magnus but I really wasn’t very proud of that game,” Domaraju stated after the sport.
Commenting on his defeat towards Indian younger grandmasters, Carlsen stated: “Prague is the only player I have lost so many times. For Arjun and Gukesh: Arjun I have usually beaten; Very similar to Gukesh. I think Gukesh has been extremely influential in classical chess lately. Perhaps this swift victory was not his proudest effort, even though it is always good to win.”
For Gukesh, it was the sweetest distinction to the episode of Chess Olympiad in Chennai.
D Gukesh. (Twitter/International Chess Federation)
He was adjudged the participant of the event in Chennai for his record-equalling streak of 8 wins in 8 matches, but it surely was a defeat that troubled him. He opened fireplace towards Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusatoroy, as India appeared to be on the verge of defeating eventual champions Uzbekistan.
Gukesh was successful for a lot of the match, earlier than it led to a draw, at which level his opponent provided a draw. He refused and beat him. He felt devastated and locked himself within the room.
“Yes, we won a medal, I won a medal but bronze would have been a gold, but I won the medal for the mistake I made. I was very angry with myself, and that hurts me,” he stated.
But Viswanathan Anand’s heat embrace calmed him down. “He told me that this is part of life and you should take inspiration from such incidents. Then he recounted some of his heartbreaking moments and I loved it,” he stated.
The son of an ENT surgeon and a microbiologist, Nihal Sarin, his most versatile recreation is between R Pragyanand and Raunak Sadhwani, and now with a win towards Carslain, the longer term appears to be like shiny. He’s climbing peaks at speedy speeds, and it is hardly a shock that he follows American free climber Alex Honnold, who has climbed a number of the world’s tallest mountains with none protecting gear. “One slip, he may die. But he never slips. That’s why I like him so much. It’s like in chess, one slip and you can lose,” he as soon as stated.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
