- Title: Youngest Chess World Champion Gukesh receives warm welcome upon arrival in India
- Date: 16th December 2024
- Summary: CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA (DECEMBER 16, 2024) (ANI- No use India) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** FANS WAITING OUTSIDE AIRPORT TERMINAL FOR CHESS WORLD CHAMPION GUKESH DOMMARAJU'S ARRIVAL STILT WALKERS WAITING OUTSIDE AIRPORT TERMINAL ALL INDIA CHESS FEDERATION BANNER WELCOMING GUKESH GUKESH WALKING SUPPORTERS SHOWERING FLOWERS ON GUKESH SECURITY PAVING WAY FOR GUKESH AMID FAN FRENZY MEDIAPERSONS CROWDING GUKESH (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHESS WORLD CHAMPION, GUKESH DOMMARAJU, SAYING: "I am very glad to be here, I could see the support and what it means to India so I'm really glad to be here." GUKESH ENTERING CAR AMID MEDIA FRENZY GUKESH SITTING IN CAR, HOLDING TROPHY GUKESH'S CAR LEAVING
- Embargoed: 30th December 2024 07:30
- Keywords: Chennai Gukesh Dommaraju India Singapore Tamil Nadu World Championship airport arrival celebrations champion chess fans record supporters youngest
- Location: CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
- City: CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Chess,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001L5DOSPB
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- Story Text: Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju returned to India amid media frenzy and fanfare at southern Chennai airport on Monday (December 16), after being declared the youngest chess world champion.
Gukesh became the youngest chess world champion by beating defending champion Ding Liren of China on Thursday (December 12) in a dramatic turn of events in the last game of a 14-game match in Singapore.
The 18th world champion is, at age 18, four years younger than Garry Kasparov, who had been the youngest world champion since 1985 when he beat Anatoly Karpov.
The match was a 14-round long-time "classical" event with a prize fund of $2.5 million.
Gukesh had qualified in April by winning the Candidates tournament, an eight-player, double round robin eventfeaturing fellow Indians Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi.
They and their teammates from India won gold in the open and women's sections of the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest in September, which many professionals attributed to the efforts of former world champion Viswanathan Anand to promote chess in the country.
World number one Magnus Carlsen, who had been world champion since 2013, relinquished his title in 2022, citing a lack of motivation. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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