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.