Russian Grandmaster Garry Kasparov congratulated India’s D Gukesh, who broke his file to change into the youngest world chess champion on Thursday. Earlier than Gukesh’s feat on Thursday, Kasparov of Russia was the youngest world champion when he gained the title on the age of twenty-two, dethroning Anatoly Karpov in 1985. Gukesh, 18, defeated defending champion Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 by profitable the 14th and final classical recreation of their World Championship tie in Singapore. Taking to social media platform X, Kasparov mentioned Gukesh conquered the summit of world chess.
“My congratulations to @DGukesh on his victory as we speak. He has summitted the best peak of all: making his mom joyful!” Kasparov wrote on X.
“Gukesh impressively surmounted each impediment and opponent in his path, particularly contemplating his age, and nothing extra will be requested. My ideas on the historic world championship lineage with Magnus exterior are identified, however that’s not the story as we speak,” he added in one other submit.
Gukesh impressively surmounted each impediment and opponent in his path, particularly contemplating his age, and nothing extra will be requested. My ideas on the historic world championship lineage with Magnus exterior are identified, however that’s not the story as we speak.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) December 12, 2024
Kasparov additionally labelled Gukesh’s win as a stepping stone to success for Indian chess and sports activities generally.
“India is a nation with an infinite pool of human expertise, mixed with the liberty to discover and develop it. The longer term is vibrant not solely in chess. The summit has been reached and now the objective have to be to boost it even greater for the subsequent ascent. Congratulations once more. Upward!” the 61-year-old defined.
India is a nation with an infinite pool of human expertise, mixed with the liberty to discover and develop it. The longer term is vibrant not solely in chess. The summit has been reached and now the objective have to be to boost it even greater for the subsequent ascent. Congratulations once more. Upward!
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) December 12, 2024
By beating Ding, Gukesh turned the 18th World Champion within the over century-long historical past of chess and the youngest after beating Garry Kasparov’s file of profitable the title on the age of twenty-two and heralding the arrival of a brand new king on the chess horizon.
Gukesh is the second Indian to win the World Chess Championship title, claiming the title in simply over a decade after five-time Champion Viswanathan Anand had misplaced the title to Magnus Carlsen of Norway in Chennai in 2013. Carlsen has abdicated the crown in 2023, paving the way in which for Ding to beat Ian Nepomniachtchi.
In a winner-takes-all 14th and remaining recreation of the World Chess Championship match Ding had steered in the direction of a draw after beginning with Reversed Grunfeld variation of Zukertort Opening, the 32-year-old from China made a sensational blunder.
(With IANS Inputs)
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