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"Eighteen-year-old Indian prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju has become the new world
chess champion, winning the final game of the title match after a dramatic
blunder from the reigning champ, China’s Ding Liren.
Gukesh is now the youngest world champion in chess history, and the first
Indian to hold the title since Vishwanathan Anand lost it to Magnus Carlsen in
2013.
Ding was gracious in defeat, saying
Considering [my play], it’s a fair result to lose in the end. I have no
regrets. I will continue to play, and I hope I can show the strength like
this time.
For Gukesh, the victory fulfilled a childhood dream. At the age of 11, in a
video clip that later went viral, he told an interviewer “I want to be the
youngest world chess champion.”
In a post-match press conference, Gukesh said spotting Ding’s blunder “was
probably the best moment of my life”."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
