New Delhi [India], Former chess world champion Vishwanathan Anand praised new FIDE Candidates 2024 champion D Gukesh for being a young challenger and said he is impressed by the way the 17-year-old plays and handles difficult situations. The 17-year-old Indian created history by winning the FIDE Candidate Chess Tournament 2024 on Monday, becoming the youngest challenger for a world title after a thrilling final round in Toronto https://twitter.com/vishy64theking/status/178220316119474608 [ https://twitter.com/vishy64theking/status/1782203161194746081 "Congratulations to @DGukesh on becoming the youngest Challenger. The @WacaChess family is very proud of what you did. The way you played and handled the game." I am very proud of the difficult circumstances,” Anand posted on Instagram, becoming only the second Indian player to win the Candidates Tournament in 2014. In Round 14, Gukesh used the black pieces to hold rival championship contender Hikaru Nakamura to a draw and ensure his victory, with the 17-year-old now the youngest player to appear in a World Championship final. , where he will face China's Ding Liren. At the age of twelve, Gukesh became the third youngest grandmaster in chess history, and has been in the news since he took home the title at the Asian Games in Hangzhou last year Was. A silver medal.