The Dream becomes a reality | 17-year-old Gukesh wins FIDE Candidates 2024

Gukesh created history by winning the FIDE Candidates 2024. He became the youngest ever to do so in the history of chess and he did it at the age of 17 years and 11 months. Gukesh scored 9.0/14. With this achievement Gukesh has earned the right to challenge Ding Liren for the World Championship title. In this interview with Sagar Shah and Amruta Mokal, Gukesh relives his journey towards the Candidates title ahead of some of the biggest names in the world of chess - Nakamura, Nepo, Caruana and others. Timestamps of the full interview: 0:00 - Gukesh and Sagar in Toronto, Amruta in Mumbai! 0:35 - Can’t fall asleep 1:13 - The smile is back! 1:58 - Don’t ask me about the routines 3:04 - Preferring a loss before the rest day 5:28 - Painful loss against Firouzja 6:00 - Respect to the chessboard 7:00 - Ra2 against Vidit, Game 1 7:57 - ...Bg4 by Vidit, Game 1 9:09 - Adjusting to the pressure 10:54 - Facing the chaos 11:55 - Pragg’s fiery prep against G