The cameras followed World Champion D. Gukesh, capturing an emotional moment as his eyes searched for his father, who was waiting outside the venue. Spotting him, Gukesh quickly ran and embraced ...

Wishes from all over the world started pouring in for Gukesh but his victory became the biggest gift for his father, whose reaction went viral on social media. In the viral video, Gukesh's father ...

Gukesh burst into tears and hugged his father after nearly three weeks and 14 games of intense battle against Ding, 32. It was a rare loss of composure from the young man, who in public usually ...

When D Gukesh was crowned chess world champion—the youngest ever—in Singapore last month, his father Rajinikanth was by his ...

His mother, Padma Kumar, a professor, and his father, Rajinikanth, a doctor, were pivotal in supporting his journey despite no prior interest in chess in their family. Gukesh’s father ...

Collapsing into his father's arms, Gukesh could allow himself to be that child once more, who dreamed big. All year long, D Gukesh had been underestimated, with detractors every ready to tear him ...

“You gave me so much energy”. – ‘Inspired millions’ – Gukesh’s father, a doctor, has been by his son’s side in a rollercoaster ride that took off when he became India’s youngest ...

IMAGE: World Chess Champion D Gukesh meets movie legend Rajinikanth. Photographs: D Gukesh/X Newly crowned World Chess Champion D Gukesh called on Thalaiva, the one and only Rajinikanth ...

Gukesh downed China's Ding Liren in a dramatic ... before he was swiftly ushered into a car smothered in posters of him, alongside his father. "You gave me so much energy".