India, Feb. 28 -- D Gukesh became India's second-ever world chess champion in history in December last year, with Viswanathan Anand having already won it five times. Gukesh defeated defending champion Ding Liren at the World Chess Championship in Singapore to achieve the feat and also became the youngest-ever to do so.

The match reached the decisive 14th game and it looked like it was going to reach the tie-breaker stage, in accordance with Liren's plan. But a massive blunder by the Chinese GM in the 55th move saw him resign and concede in a historic defeat.

To the surprise of Indian cricket fans, it was revealed after Gukesh's win that he had Paddy Upton as his mental conditioning coach. Upton has previously worked with the 2011 ODI Wo...