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Like most fathers who are rooting for their child, Gukesh’s father looked nervous, eagerly waiting for the final result. But once he came to know, he looked to hold his emotions intact as he waited to see his child.
An emotional D Gukesh hugged his father after winning the World Championshipn 2024. (Image: Screengrab)
Emotions were certainly on the up after D Gukesh managed to beat Ding Liren to be crowned the champion in the FIDE World Chess Championship with the win in the nail-biting 14th game on Thursday.
Like most fathers who are rooting for their child, Gukesh’s father looked nervous, eagerly waiting for the final result. But once he came to know, he looked to hold his emotions intact as he waited to see his child.
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Gukesh was certainly emotional at the table when he realized that he had manifested his childhood dream of being the youngest world champion, but it was the moment after when he saw his father and embraced him that the tears began flowing out.
The Indian World Champion later emphasised how his parents’ sacrifice has helped him massively in getting to this position.
Dr Rajnikanth, Gukesh’s father worked as an ENT surgeon while his mother Dr Padma is a microbiologist. Both parents decided to put their careers aside to help support Gukesh, ensuring that he was able to compete in the various tournaments within the country and abroad.
“I just exchanged a few words with my father. My mother is not here but she will be flying in tomorrow. They have made a lot of sacrifices and I would like to thank them,” said Gukesh about the conversation he had with his father.
Gukesh also thanked his parents for their immense support in his journey which has resulted in him creating history within the sport by becoming the youngest World Champion at just 18 years 8 months and 14 days, going past the great Garry Kasparov in the process.
“This was the dream that I had like more than 10 years ago (and it) has been the single most important thing in my life so far. So yeah, doing this for myself, for my loved ones and my country, it’s yeah, like there’s probably nothing better than this,” said Gukesh.
“I mean it probably meant a lot to that 8-year-old then. Right now because I stopped paying too much attention to those numbers like I mean these records. But yeah, I mean there is this famous video clip of 2017-2018 when I said I wanted to be this youngest World champion and now that now that this is not just a dream but reality, it feels Very cool,” he added.
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December 12, 2024, 22:03 IST
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