D Gukesh’s parents had to endure financial hardships in supporting their son’s ambition of becoming a world-class chess ...

"Sometimes I do think about [her daughter] during the event but it's very important to stay focused and sometimes I don't even talk with her so that I don't get emotionally weak. It's tough being so ...

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D Gukesh ended in eighth position after losing to Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the second game of their seventh-place playoff match at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. World ...

In 2013, D Gukesh had watched Magnus Carlsen beat Viswanathan ... Born to doctors—father an ENT and mother a microbiologist—he took to chess at the age of seven. Once Gukesh became proficient ...

D Gukesh is also in collaboration with WestBridge-Anand Chess Academy. WACA is a partnership between Viswanathan Anand and WestBridge Capital D Gukesh scripted history in December last year ...