India, Dec. 13 -- "The era of "Vishy's children" is truly upon us!" is what Russian chess great Garry Kasparov said in his long tribute to Gukesh Dommaraju after the 18-year-old broke surpassed him as the youngest ever to win the World Chess Championship. Viswanathan Anand is the greatest-ever chess player from India by some distance but he would surely be remembered as much for inspiring a generation of young chess players and potentially sparking a golden age for the sport in his country.

Gukesh admitted that he was in the stands when Anand's hold on the World Championship title was ended by Magnus Carlsen in 2013 in Chennai and that is when he first dreamt of becoming the youngest to win the title. Now aged 18, Gukesh has gone and don...