‘The future is here… It’s today’: Chess fraternity reacts to 17-year-old Gukesh winning Candidates

Gukesh became India’s youngest grandmaster ever at the age of 12 years, seven months, 17 days, missing the tag of the world’s youngest by a mere 17 days. He overhauled the five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand as the country’s top ranked player for the first time after 36 years last year. Now, he has added another feat to that impressive list.

There was a massive outpouring of awe on social media after Gukesh claimed his title with everyone from former world champions to legends of the game tweeting. Here’s how the chess fraternity reacted to Gukesh winning the prestigious tournament.

Here’s what five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand said on social media platform X after Gukesh’s victory.

https://twitter.com/vishy64theking/status/1782203161194746081 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Here’s what another former world champion Vladimir Kramnik said:

https://twitter.com/VBkramnik/status/1782207630343070008 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

here’s what grandmaster RB Ramesh, who has coached two players who competed at the Candidates this year, calls Gukesh’s performance inspiring.

https://twitter.com/Rameshchess/status/1782228833191743645 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

American grandmaster Hans Niemann was also one of the first to react to Gukesh winning the Candidates.

https://twitter.com/HansMokeNiemann/status/1782214295696093252 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Even Harika Dronavalli, who’s already a legend of the game in India, was impressed by what Gukesh had done, calling it inspiring.

Here’s Tania Sachdev’s reaction:

https://twitter.com/TaniaSachdev/status/1782216876363309096 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

This is what GM Davis Howell had to say:

https://twitter.com/DavidHowellGM/status/1782219596000293272 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

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