All eyes on the teenage Grand Master

M D Gukesh's journey from a normal school kid playing chess to challenging the best in the business has been phenomenal.

- ASHOK VENUGOPAL

Once a budding chess player, Gukesh became a World Chess Championship challenger and it has been a major boost for Indian chess.

After the legendary Viswanathan Anand, he became the second player from India to feature in a World Championship.

He is a U-12 World Youth Champion and a multiple gold medalist in the Asian games.

He has dominated many international tournaments all over the world and his career has seen a phenomenal rise in the last five years.

He won a gold medal on board one of the Indian teams that brilliantly won the 45th Chess Olympiad, not to forget an individual gold that he secured at Chennai Olympiad in 2022.

Gukesh has been up against current World Champion Ding Liren of China since Monday with the latter winning the first.

The second one ended in a draw on Tuesday.