3️⃣ *Newly crowned world chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju said winning the title was a "dream"* that was more than a decade in the making, as he underlined his ambition to strive for _"greatness"_ . 🇮🇳♟️ *Gukesh was just seven when he watched compatriot Viswanathan Anand lose the world championship* in November 2013 to challenger Magnus Carlsen of Norway -- a match that fired up his dream to bring the crown back to India. Eleven years later in Singapore on Thursday, *the 18-year-old beat China's Ding Liren after a gruelling tournament of 14 match days* to become the youngest undisputed world chess champion. *Gukesh cited the 2013 game as a defining episode for his success:* _"When Magnus won, I thought I really want to be the one to bring back the title to India. And *this dream that I had more than 10 years ago* has been the most important thing in my life so far."_