Russian chess great Garry Kasparov referred to Grandmaster D Gukesh’s victory as “the Indian earthquake in Toronto” and praised the teenage player for being the youngest contender to win the world title. Kasparov claimed that this victory symbolized the “shifting tectonic plates” in the global order of the game.
Gukesh, 17, beat the mark set forty years ago by none other than Kasparov. The Russian was the youngest challenger at the moment, having qualified at age 22 to face fellow countryman Anatoly Karpov in 1984.
“Well done! In chess, the 17-year-old Gukesh D will compete against the Chinese champion Ding Liren for the ultimate championship, akin to the shifting tectonic plates in the world of chess, as noted by Kasparov on ‘X’, with a sidelong reference to the Russian