The 18-year-old also became only the second Indian after the legendary Viswanathan Anand to bag the title. After being named for the Khel Ratna Award, Gukesh said that it had motivated him to keep ...

Anand recently talked about it and said it was quite uncharacteristic of Gukesh how he delivered the punchline.

Double Olympic medalist Manu Bhaker and world chess champion D Gukesh received their Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awards from ... the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to win the top prize ...

He is only the second Indian to claim the title after the legendary Viswanathan Anand. The Khel Ratna was also conferred upon Indian men’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Singh, who played a vital ...