Five-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand took to social media and shared a photo of him with young D Gukesh recalling the moment when he met him as a young boy.
"The boy who would be King @FIDE_chess @WacaChess," Viswanathan Anand wrote on X.
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The moment Ding Liren tried to go on the defensive and simplify and make a draw, I thought Gukesh would play on for a long time.
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