D Gukesh and Viswanathan Anand (pictures over x) D Gukesh, who became the youngest World Chess Champion after defeating Ding Liren last year in Singapore, revealed how the words of Viswanathan Ananda helped him recover from the difficult start of the title. A 19 -year -old said that Talk Talk said he was too confident, that he was going to the opening game of the final that failed. “My excessive confidence in the first World Cup game made me lose. I played a terrible game and then woke up from a dream,” Gukesh admitted. Despite the fact that they have white pieces in the first game, it was Liren, who hit soon to take the lead. At that time, Anand, the first Indian World Champion and Mentor Gukesh, entered the timely encouragement. Gukesh remembered a moment and said, “I was in the elevator, back at the Hotel Team and I shared it with Anand. Anand, who also lost his first game in the 2008 title,” I have 11 games to come back. You have 13. “ The Council helped the young man regain the perspective. In total, Gukesh won three Liren games, with nine seized meetings in 14 classic rounds. The decisive wound came at the age of 14 and the last game when a mistake from the Chinese GM gave the Indian teenager a crown. To clean his mind after a shaken start, Gukesh also took the whole day off from chess. “That day he helped me recharge. I got a mental break I needed,” he said, describing how he spent a break in an amusement park, walking on the beach, ziplining and visiting ice cream.
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Gukesh’s triumph not only gave India the latest world champion, but also emphasized his remarkable increase. Before the title he has already created records, became the youngest player who exceeded the Fide 2750 at 17, and the third of them reached 2700 ELO at the age of 16. He also won the Grandmaster title in just 12 years, among the youngest in chess history.
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Gukesh with the guidance of the pineapple and his own resistance sealed his place among the elite of the world chess.
