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D Gukesh with parents during the closing ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024.
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Gukesh, 18, trumped the Chinese in the 14-game contest, winning 7.5-6.5 to become the youngest world champion in the history of the sport.
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Gukesh is the second Indian after the great Viswanathan Anand to clinch the title that the latter held five times in his illustrious career.
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D Gukesh poses for photographs with the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 trophy, in Singapore.
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The teenager had harboured this ambition since he was a seven-year-old and was eventually mentored by Anand in his journey towards the top. "I am living my dream," Gukesh said after his win on Thursday.
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India's D Gukesh holds his trophy during the Closing Ceremony of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024, in Singapore.
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