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The Times of India
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TOI Lifestyle Desk | etimes.in

D Gukesh: Success mantra of the youngest-ever world championship contender

D Gukesh from Chennai is now the second Indian after Vishwanathan Anand to be a contender for world championship; this means Gukesh will play for the World Chess Championship as the youngest challenger in history.

"So relieved and so happy. I was following this crazy game (between Fabio Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi), and then I went for a walk with my second (Gregorz Gazevsky), I think that helped," Gukesh told news agency PTI after winning. He won a cash award of 88,500 Euros (approx Rs 78.5 lakh) in the match in which he played out an easy draw with American Hikaru Nakamura.

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