Watch: D Gukesh passes Chess Championship trophy to proud mom at closing ceremony

India’s D Gukesh wore a broad smile in the course of the closing ceremony of the World Chess Championship. On Thursday, December 12, Gukesh grew to become the youngest world champion after beating China’s Ding Liren within the title conflict in Singapore. The 18-year-old gained the match 7.5-6.5 and broke the file of Garry Kasparov, who gained the title again in 1985 on the age of twenty-two.

Gukesh additionally grew to become the second Indian after the legendary Viswanathan Anand to win the world championship. Through the closing ceremony on Friday, Gukesh’s mom J Padmakumari was additionally current. After receiving the trophy, Gukesh handed it to his cherished one, who was full of pleasure after her son’s monumental achievement.

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After the match, Gukesh shed tears and pledged to not contact the trophy till the closing ceremony. “Seeing it up shut for the primary time… I don’t wish to contact it; I wish to elevate it on the closing ceremony!” Gukesh had stated earlier.

Gukesh didn’t make an important begin to the title conflict after shedding the primary sport. However he stormed again to make it 6.5-6.5 after 13 video games. The 14th sport was anticipated to finish in a draw, that means that the match was heading in the direction of an thrilling tie-break. However Ding’s blunder on his 53rd transfer put Gukesh able of energy, after which the latter didn’t look again.

Gukesh additionally talked about his ambition of bringing the title again to India after Anand misplaced to Magnus Carlsen again in 2013 in Chennai.

“When Magnus gained, I wished to be the one to convey again the title to India. This dream that I had greater than 10 years in the past is the single-most necessary factor in my life. There’s nothing higher than doing this for myself, my family members and my nation,” Gukesh stated within the press convention.

Gukesh additionally talked about going through Carlsen, however the latter dominated out possibilities of participating on the earth championships sooner or later.