D Gukesh Profile: Sports Ministry has announced the names of Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award winners. Apart from shooter Manu Bhakar, the names of D Gukesh, Harmanpreet Singh and para athlete Praveen Kumar are included. Manu Bhaker had created history by winning 2 medals in Paris Olympics, but do you know about D Gukesh? Why is D Gukesh being awarded the Khel Ratna Award? Actually, recently D Gukesh had won the title of World Chess Championship (FIDE). D Gukesh became the youngest Grandmaster to win this title.
How much do you know about D Gukesh?
Before D Gukesh, Vishwanathan Anand had won the World Chess Championship title. In this way, D Gukesh became the second Indian Grandmaster to win the World Chess Championship title. However, now this Grandmaster has been selected for the Khel Ratna Award. Today we will talk about the journey and achievements of D Gukesh. D Gukesh won the King’s Gambit title by defeating Chinese chess player Ding Liren in the finals of the 18th World Chess Championship. In this way D Gukesh became the youngest grandmaster to win the title. Earlier this record was in the name of World Champion Garry Kasparov, he won the championship at the age of 22. But D Gukesh achieved this feat at just 18 years of age.
Father left his job for his son
Born on 29 May 2006 in Chennai, D Gukesh’s father Dr. Rajinikanth is an ENT specialist. While mother is a microbiologist. D Gukesh gives credit for his success to his father and mother. In fact, D Gukesh had to go from place to place for chess competitions from an early age. Father Rajinikanth even left his job to accompany him.
D Gukesh’s career has been like this till now
D Gukesh came into limelight for the first time by winning the Under-9 Chess Championship in 2015. After this he won the first International Chess Master in 2017, which was held in Malaysia. In 2018, he was awarded the World Under-12 Champion in Spain. Became the world’s third youngest chess grandmaster in this category. Junius Baer won the Challengers Chess Tour in 2021 by 14/19 points. Then this Grandmaster defeated the world number-1 ranked American player in the 44th Chess Olympiad in the month of August 2022. Became the youngest player to defeat Magnus Carlsen (world number-1 chess player) in the month of October. Became the youngest player to get the highest FIDE rating above 2700 in 2023. By September he had overtaken India’s chess master Viswanathan Anand.
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