#gukesh!!!!!!

[galaxacious]

Look at Chessbase India & the crowd's reaction to the finish of the WCC round 11:

Honestly an incredible end. This round was special because it came off the back of seven straight draws. Gukesh as well made this an interesting round by fucking up his opening and then spending 1 hour and 17 seconds making his eleventh move, the longest think of his career. Ding was down an hour of time after 5 moves. Severe time pressure played a large role in the outcome of the match, but what an end it was.

[myauditionfordrphil]

YOUNGEST CHESS WORLD CHAMPION LET'S GOOO 🏆🎊

[shubhadeep385]

Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh 🇮🇳 on Thursday (December 12, 2024) became the youngest World Chess champion at 18 years after beating title-holder Ding Liren of China 🇨🇳 in the 14th and last game of a thrilling showdown in Singapore.🥳🥳🥳🥳🎉

[kuch-toh-garbad-hai-daya]

wahan gukesh world champion ban gaya aur yahan mujhse dhang se practicals nahi likhe ja rahe

[edwardsissyhandsthtdanceslikeabb]

so my singular and closest amigo is like a huge f1 fan which is kinda wild & random ( but not really bc everyone loves louis hamilton even if his first name is sir or smth i really dont know ) and seeing her engage in fandom has been subliminally brainwashing me so i had the thought:

there's seemingly not a centralized chess fandom on tumblr, but chess has seen an exponential boom in popularity, globally, and ppl do make posts abt the players, like you little freaks are out there. so as someone whose more into chess than the average bloke and has been for like a year and a half (and would thusly be able to talk abt the games and memes), i dont know why we aren't collectively sharing in the parasocial part of chess.

like there's so much drama all the time, friggin bum beads are now a core part of the lore, bobby fischer exists, gotham covers games literally daily like you can unclench levy its ok, magnus is always fckn about, hikaru fought some guy he lost a game to a couple of years ago, every dubov clip i've seen is him saying smth unhinged or doing like 1 million pull ups and he looks like he's my age but he's like TWENTY SEVEN HELLO?!, rapport and ding are the people's couple etc etc

like why are we not having fun with this lol?

as with all things, i've been influenced, and in my sleep deprived state i think its the perfect opportunity to cause more damage to tumblr :)

so do ur thing you animals, let's actually make this happen, lets make chess fun and cringe and creative and equally as involved as its youtube / video counterparts reflect — if anyone wants to be moots just comment or follow me! :D

[bhavya-thescribbler]

Finally guys........Gukesh did it. So so so proud of him💫💫

[hellincarnation]

When Gukesh and Ding draw AGAIN

[magicalnicole]

Magnus recapping game 1 of the world championship match. Ding vs Gukesh (1-0)

November 25, 2024

[e2pawn]

GUKESH TAKES THE WIN!!!!!

[sybilius]

Congrats youngest ever chess champ Gukesh!!

And congrats also to incumbent former champ Ding Liren -- put up a great fight, made it to game 14, wins with black on the first game, and I was cheering for him the whole way

[ek-ranjhaan]

Although late but yeah.

Arranging both colour chess pieces, a small prayer, unbridled pent-up emotions and final, gentle push to the chair.. a 18 yr old, humble champ with his feet firmly on earth. He should go a long way

[myauditionfordrphil]

Gukesh breaking down as he realises that he finally accomplished the dream that a 12 year old Gukesh said he'd achieve, taking a minute to soak it all in, crying and shakily arranging the pieces as per his routine, letting the tears flow freely as he runs and hugs his father and calls his mother, appreciating his opponent, and finally showing his raw emotions to the whole world. We're so used to see the composed and stoic Gukesh that we forget the fact he's just 18, and at that young he achieved something that people way older and experienced can only dream of. This is the stuff of one's dreams, this is Gukesh.

[daisyslife]

Gukesh won the chess championship!! I'm so so happy for him, even though I became a fan of his quite recently.

I felt quite bad for Ding too though. Before this championship I didn't really saw or heard anything about him, but he is a really good player and seems to be a really nice guy.

Crazy how India managed to win first the Olimpiad and now this. I remember that someone once said that, considering that chess came from India, at some point indian chess players would dominate and that's exactly what's happening.

P.S.: the last time I saw Magnus recapping on a match of this championship he said that Gukesh didn't amaze him, I'm curious of what he is going to say about this last one.

[h-nry]

Please watch this clip from the ChessBase India stream of Gukesh winning game 11 of the world chess championship

[witchlinda]

India won their first ever Gold at the open section at the Chess Olympiad. Congrats👏

[coffeeandinsanityy]

bhaiii gukesh actually fucking won the candidates at the age of fucking 17 are u kidding me😭😭😭 he’s the youngest person in the history of fide to win candidates!! God i feel so proud as an Indian!!! Finally after so many years Ian Nepomniachtchi is not leading the candidates !! Now he just has to defeat the previous world champion Ding Liren and he’d be youngest ever player to actually win the Fide world championship😭😭😭😭 My man is here on a spree of making history 🥹🥹