Bengaluru. D Gukesh has achieved many achievements in the last one month including recently being selected for the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award after winning the World Championship but the chess prodigy is now ready to face a ‘challenging’ year in 2025. Wants to reset your focus and goals. Gukesh will participate in the Tata Steel tournament starting from January 17 in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands, which will also feature top players like Anish Giri, Arjun Erigesi, Fabiano Caruana and R Praggnanandhaa.
“Yes, 2025 will present a lot of challenges,” Gukesh told the media during a felicitation ceremony organized by Westbridge Capital on Sunday. There will be a lot of new and interesting tournaments. The World Championship is now a thing of the past. I am very happy to win this and all the awards. ”He said, ”But now I have started thinking about new goals, new tournaments and new ways of preparation. The goal and vision will remain the same. To give my best, keep improving myself and win as many tournaments as possible. “So I’m looking forward to learning a lot, making a lot of improvements,” Gukesh said. Hopefully it will be a fun year with lots of good results. ,
However, Gukesh will have the ‘tag’ of world champion and there will be a lot of expectations as well. But the 19-year-old player is ready for it. He said, “Yes, I have become accustomed to being in the limelight for some time now. Obviously this will increase even more after the World Championship. But the things I remember are to keep improving myself and accept failures. Gukesh said, “I have high expectations from myself. So I guess my goal is to meet my own expectations rather than the expectations of others. ,
But has he been able to handle the praise that has followed this title? “I thought winning the World Championship would be like the Candidates Tournament but it would definitely be more than that,” he said. I am happy that I am getting this honor and limelight. But I think these things can be managed with training. But after the (World Championship) match, I also needed time to recover. I have started some training. But it will soon become serious. ,
Five-time world champion and Gukesh’s mentor Vishwanathan Anand said his disciple’s victory has again shifted the focus towards chess. “I think the focus has shifted back to chess,” Anand said. If you track it down, chances are there’s an Indian playing in every tournament you’re excited to watch. ”He said, ”Gukesh will definitely lead it, especially being the world champion. But now people are interested to see if any Indians will play in the tournament. And the second impact, perhaps even more profound, is that young players will be inspired to take up the sport.
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