Padmakumari reflected on the sacrifices the family made to support Gukesh's journey. Her husband, Rajnikanth, gave up a lucrative career as an ENT surgeon to accompany Gukesh to tournaments ...

Tournaments have taken Gukesh, accompanied by his father, all over the world. There have been sacrifices, but the family have few regrets. “Two-thirds of the year we were travelling for ...

Norway Chess released a video of 18-year-old Gukesh with a tonsured head, giving it as an offering to Lord Balaji.

Parents don't have to think about money anymore Gukesh's rise to the top was anything but easy. Just a few years ago, his family relied on the generosity of friends to support his international ...

"The youngest World Chess Champion, Gukesh Dommaraju, visits Tirumala Temple with his family. With a big year ahead, he stays focused on his game: "I have to keep working hard. In 2025 there are a ...

Unfazed by the evolving chess landscape, reigning world champion D Gukesh is open to compete in all formats but asserted that while freestyle chess brings excitement, the classical chess, with its ...

D Gukesh ended in eighth position after losing to Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the second game of their seventh-place playoff match at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam. World ...

Gukesh’s rise to the top was anything but easy. Just a few years ago, his family relied on the generosity of friends to support his international tournament expenses. “I remember my parents ...

Indian grandmaster D Gukesh, the youngest-ever World Chess Champion, visited Tirumala Temple to offer prayers before an ...

Bengaluru: Reigning world champion D Gukesh just lived through an anomaly of a week – a rare, winless run at a tournament earlier this month. Fischer Random, or Freestyle Chess, as packaged in ...

A dramatic final day of the Tata Steel Chess Masters saw R Praggnanandha win the title in sudden death, defeating world champion D Gukesh. The two Indians had a joint lead going into Round 13 ...

ISL: Odisha FC host Punjab FC Chess: D Gukesh in action in the quarterfinals of the Freestyle Grand Chess Tour event in Germany. Chess: D Gukesh lost to Fabiano Caruana in game 1 of their ...