Gukesh needs chess in Olympics: ‘It’ll take the game to subsequent stage’
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Indian chess prodigy and youngest world champion D Gukesh has expressed his want to see chess included within the Olympics, believing it might considerably elevate the game’s international profile. He additionally spoke on his first event in 2025.
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New chess world champion D Gukesh needs chess to be included within the Olympics sports activities progamme and hopes that he’ll get to play within the Summer season Video games at dwelling if India wins the internet hosting rights for the 2036 occasion. Chess has its personal Olympiad which sees a number of international locations participating within the competitors. In 2024, India received each
males’s and girls’s gold medals on the Chess Olympiad however the sport isn’t part of the Olympics programme as but.
Gukesh needs to be a part of Olympics
In the meantime, India has additionally
formally submitted a bid to host the 2036 Summer season Olympics and faces competitors from international locations like Saudi Arabia and Indonesia.
“I’d like to see chess being a part of the Olympics, particularly if it’s in India,” Gukesh was quoted as saying by information company PTI. I feel chess has been getting quite a lot of recognition and quite a lot of help. I’m actually joyful for it, and the Olympics will take it to the subsequent stage. Actually trying ahead to it.”
“We have been all celebrating after which it majorly settled down, and I’m on to the subsequent event. The eye have been getting is excellent for chess,” Gukesh added.
Gukesh spoke about Chess’s inclusion within the Olympics on the All India Chess Federation (AICF) occasion in New Delhi on Thursday as he was felicitated with a
Rs 1 crore money reward for successful the World Chess Champions 2024.
Gukesh defeated Ding Liren of China within the World Chess Championship 2024 final month in Singapore to develop into the
youngest world chess champion of all time on the age of 18.
Gukesh on 2025 opener at Tata Metal Chess
He’ll start his 2025 marketing campaign on Saturday with a match in opposition to Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri
on the Tata Metal Masters 2025 in Wijk aan Zee within the Netherlands. Speaking about his return to aggressive chess after a break of over one month, Gukesh mentioned: “Proper now I’m trying ahead to taking part in the Wijk Aan Zee Tata Metal Masters in a few days and, yeah, there can be quite a lot of thrilling event to return… trying ahead to them.”
The Chennai teenager was additionally awarded the
Main Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna by President Droupadi Murmu on Friday on the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Gukesh is barely the second chess participant after Viswanathan Anand to be awarded the Khel Ratna.
