India, Feb. 8 -- D Gukesh scripted history in December last year, when he became the youngest-ever world chess champion, at the tender age of 18. The Indian GM defeated defending champ Ding Liren at the World Chess Championship in Singapore, reigning supreme at the decisive 14th game. The result also saw Gukesh become the 18th world champion, also at four years younger than Garry Kasparov, who had been the youngest world champion since 1985.

In the fourteenth game, it looked like it was going according to Liren's plan, who was trying to enforce the tie-breaker round, which is not Gukesh's specialty. But a massive blunder in the 55th move saw Liren resign and concede to Gukesh in a historic defeat.

The 14th game also became iconic due to...