D Gukesh reveals how Viswanathan Anand ‘personally’ helped him in his journey to turning into world champion

The legendary Viswanathan Anand lastly acquired some firm within the checklist of chess world champions from India – a listing wherein his identify was the one entry for greater than twenty years – after
D Gukesh received the FIDE World Championship in Singapore earlier this month. The 18-year-old Grandmaster from Chennai defeated China’s Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 to not solely develop into the second Indian, but additionally the youngest world champion within the historical past of the game.

Gukesh’s triumph was the crowning second of an extraorfinary yr wherein India had achieved a uncommon golden double within the Chess Olympiad and GM Arjun Erigaisi joined turned solely the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to realize the coveted 2800 ELO ranking.

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Chatting with India Immediately, Gukesh revealed how five-time world champion Anand, who additionally occurs to be the primary Grandmaster from India, helped him in his journey to the highest of the chess mountain. Not solely was Gukesh among the many first recruits on the WestBridge Anand Chess Academy, which Anand helped present in partnership with non-public fairness agency WestBridge Capital in December 2020, he additionally launched the teenager chess prodigy to Polish GM Grzegorz Gajewski who would find yourself turning into his coach and second.

“For the reason that begin, he (Anand) has been a god determine and an enormous inspiration. Since WACA, we now have been coaching collectively repeatedly. He was at all times there to analyse video games, get on a name to debate one thing. We will’t thank Vishy Sir sufficient for the time he has given to the following technology. He helped me personally in getting Gayu (Gajewski) to work solely as my coach,” Gukesh instructed India Immediately.

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Apart from Gajewski,
Gukesh’s staff for the World Championship comprised fellow Indian GM Pentala Harikrishna, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Vincent Keymer, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Jan Klimkowski. He had additionally employed the companies of psychological conditioning coach Paddy Upton and was additionally mentored by Anand.

Gukesh is at the moment on a break after receiving a hero’s welcome in his hometown of Chennai following his triumph in Singapore, and can subsequent be seen in motion on the Tata Metal Chess in Wijk aan Zee in Netherlands subsequent month.