Team Blitz India
SO happy and relieved to have qualified; it was a crazy match. It was emotionally draining, but after I drew the final match and won – a big relief!” said 17-year-old Dommraju Gukesh, who became the youngest-ever to win the World Candidates Championships, in Toronto on April 21. Having emerged winner in the world’s Top Eight-player faceoff with 9 out of 14 points, Gukesh will now lock horns with World Champion Ding Liren of China. Speaking exclusively to Blitz India, Gukesh said he would give his best in the final, the venue and date of which have not yet been announced.
