India, Feb. 22 -- D Gukesh scripted history in December last year, when he became the youngest-ever world chess champion in history. The 18-year-old defeated Ding Liren at the World Chess Championship in Singapore to achieve the feat. After the win, the Indian GM took part at the Tata Masters in Wijk aan Zee in January, but lost to R Praggnanandhaa in the tie-breaker title deciding round. He was also in action at the recently concluded Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam event, where he finished in eighth position.

Gukesh's historic win in Singapore sent social media into a state of frenzy as fans, chess legends took to X to congratulate. But Gukesh's win was also downplayed by the likes of Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik, who fel...