Watch: Diljit Dosanjh dedicates Chandigarh live performance to World Chess Championship winner D Gukesh

Common Punjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh devoted his “Dil-Luminati” live performance in Chandigarh on Saturday for India’s D Gukesh,
who clinched the 2024 World Chess Championship title by beating Cina’s Ding Liren on Thursday.

“I dedicate the present to Gukesh as a result of he (Gukesh) had considered changing into a world champion and he turned,” mentioned Diljit. Gukesh turned solely the second Indian Grandmaster, after the legendary Viswanathan Anand, to win the World Chess Championship title. Gukesh, 18, additionally turned the youngest-ever world chess champion.

Diljit Dosanjh dedicates his Chandigarh live performance to the World Chess Champion Gukesh ❤️ pic.twitter.com/NxT3i6B2lL

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He broke Garry Kasparov’s document after the Russian had received the title when he was 22 yr previous in 1985. Gukesh defeated Liren by a 7.5-6.5 scoreline.

Gukesh had begun the World Championship marketing campaign towards Ding Liren with a loss, however fought again within the second and third video games with a draw and a win respectively. The 2 then performed out seven consecutive attracts earlier than Gukesh took a 6-5 lead after Recreation 11. Ding then made it 6-6 in Recreation 12 earlier than the 2 performed out one other attract Recreation 13 to stage the scores 6.5-6.5. In Recreation 14, a pricey mistake from Liren
paved the way in which for Gukesh’s victory.

Diljit additionally delivered his iconic line “Punjabi aa gaye oye” (Punjabis are right here).” He added that he had used the well-known line at a number of occasions, together with the Coachella Music Pageant. Diljit additionally talked about a well-known dialogue from Allu Arjun’s Pushpa, saying: “Saala nahi jhukega toh kya jija jhuk jayega”.