D Gukesh became the youngest World Chess Champion in December 2024. The 18-year-old beat Ding Liren after engaging in a 14-round finale in Singapore last December. Viswanathan Anand is the other co-founder of WACA (WestBridge-Anand Chess Academy) Anand: \”He had a very mature view of chess. The way he interacts, and the moves he suggests, you might not expect that from someone of this age\” WACA focuses on building and improving the chess ecosystem in India and Sandeep Singhal says the academy assists players by \”providing last bits of input that differentiate between someone becoming a junior champion to a top ten global senior chess player in Open\” CLICK HERE for all the latest from the World Chess Championship 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2018 editions. Back to Mail Online home. back to the page you came from.\”I thought that his grasp of chess was remarkable and there was something special,\” said Anand reflecting on his initial thoughts on GuKesh.
