Who is Gukesh Dommaraju?

“This moment was the reason why I woke up.” The story of Gukesh, the world chess champion, from India. ♟

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[zhozhoe]

Special shoutout to Dr. Rajnikant and Dr. Kumari and ! I still remember watching their interviews with sagar from CB India. Imagine quiting your lucrative job as an ORL surgeon to follow your son's passion. Shourt out to Velamal as well.

[deepuyangala]

He deserves it. He won prize money of whopping 11.03 crore INR which is worth every single sacrifice his family and himself made

[rimipandya]

As a 16y/o watching a guy just 2 years older than me becoming a LEGEND has inspired me the most!! Definitely trying out many thing to become a better and successful person like him✨️ THANKS GUKESH YOU HAVE INSPIRED MANY YOUNGSTERS LIKE ME!!💫

[anithamuthu]

This is sad, why not companies from India are sponsoring like they do for this Cricket sports.

[yashtatwavedi]

Little Gukesh sitting at the back and Dr. Rajnikanth riding that cycle to reach him to the tournament despite monetary constraints shows the sheer grit of the whole family.

Gukesh wouldn’t have thought that sitting back, these small hurdles were actually culminating in him becoming a world champion.

[meghadrimalakar]

Being a microbiologist myself so proud of His mother Dr Kumari 🙏🏼🙏🏼 respect

[chinagriya]

His father was gem
For supporting his child dream❤❤❤😊

[bullymaguire]

History Made!!!!
Proud of you Gukesh.

[Jayoza]

He is an influencer. A real influencer. I certainly hope more young Indians look up to him and individuals like him for generations to come. A real champion who made his country proud. More power to him. 🇮🇳

[AkshayKumar-dvyk]

In my childhood I was good in cricket and other athletic sports as well.
But being unorthodox was totally get opposed by the orthodox society.
After that like some other guy I was forced into studies/govt exams stuff.
Guess what, I ended up living in a room alone and fall into PMO trap.
Everyday I watch myself to become someone that I once said never to be. Every other day reminds me that I m weaker than yesterday.

Life sucks but still I have a little hope in my heart that I can change things. I can change myself. I can make my life better. And I will.

Wondering why I m writing all this, I do have habit to.talk myself.

[manojkumardas]

Keep growing...
It's the beginning...

[ihtishamkhan]

So inspiring and wholesome shout out to the parents and the boy also for his resilience ✨️
Love from Pakistan 🇵🇰 ♥️

[nomiefilms]

happy for him…what a PROUD moment for his ever and beyond supportive parents💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[chillmodemedico]

India become world champion, &bring back the title of world champion home.

[kaligunin]

His parents: 😇😇😇
My parents: Study hard. Crack top Govt. Job exams. 😂

[abirbhavchakrawarty]

Kudos to his parents for their support and making great sacrifices for their son. Also the school needs to be commended for having allowed Gukesh to attend classes part time and pursue chess full time. All things came together that lead to his victory.

[Hustle_persevere_focus]

His calm demeanor and composure is soo inspiring

[ThDaniel]

Such an inspiring tale of hardwork and determination. Congratulations Gukesh on this mind blowing achievement.

[madhusudhankrishna]

Thank you for bringing this conscise but beautiful story to us. Showing hard work has a great foundation.😊

[muskan]

Incredible..camp Gukesh and his parents bless them ❤❤❤❤❤❤