India’s 18-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh won the 2024 World Chess Championship by defeating China’s Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in the 14th round match held in Singapore on Thursday. The amazing thing is that with this he has become the second Indian to become the youngest World Chess Champion in the history of chess. With this, he became the youngest player to break Garry Kasparov’s record of winning the title at the age of 21. The world is surprised to see his feat and he is receiving congratulations from all over the world. Not only this, even the legendary chess players are not tired of praising Gukesh for this achievement.
The only way to explain it is that I am living my dream – D Gukesh
Expressing his happiness after this big achievement, Gukesh said that “I have been dreaming of this for the last 10-12 years since I started playing chess. The only way to explain it is that I am living my dream. First of all, thank God that I am living a miracle and it was possible only because of God.” Not only this, he praised Ding Liren and said that “the struggle he put up in this match despite not being in a good physical condition is commendable.
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Total 1.35 million dollars received
Talking about the prize money of this World Chess Championship 2024, it is a total of 2.5 million dollars, which is about Rs 20.75 crores in Indian currency. According to FADE, players are given $ 200000 (which is about Rs 1.68 crores) for each win. Apart from this, the remaining prize money is distributed equally among the finalists. Gukesh has won three games, which are Game 3, Game 11 and Game 14. According to this, he will get $ 600,000 (about Rs 5.04 crores). At the same time, Liren won Games 1 and 2, which gave him $ 400,000 (about Rs 3.36 crores The remaining $1.5 million will be divided equally between Gukesh and Ding. This brings the total amount to $1.35 million, which is approximately Rs 11.45 crore
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