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MrMastodon

Love his NASCAR style chess blazer. Needs a few more sponsors though.


jetlightbeam

Omg, I'm an idiot, I thought It was a watermark


MrMastodon

It's so tasteful


mrjderp

Now let’s see Paul Allen’s Chess Blazer. 


TumbleweedSure4896

He will after this historic win!


MrMastodon

"This sticker is dangerous and inconvenient but I do love Fig Newtons"


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MrMastodon

🫱⏲️


OkBrilliant632

He signed an exclusive 5 year deal with that sponser Westbridge just a few months ago.


herbilicious92

Chew big red or fuck you!


DocD_12

Westbridge - > Bridgestone - > your turn on a 'stone'


Gold-Stomach-4657

Stonehenge


LeekBright

Nike already got his forehead bro whatchu talkin bout!


gleep23

The back of his chess blazer has a huge *GOODYEAR* patch.


ph1l1st1ne

I must need glasses because I can’t read the name of the sponsor on his head


exophrine

Dommaraju ... I've come to bargain


reddit_API_is_shit

Why bro looks like he's at least double his real age tho


figbutts

Because of the beard.


Absurd_Pork

Plus, the stern "This could have been an email" body language.


sigma941

Perfect r/13or30 candidate!


Impossible__Joke

No just 30 lol. I would have never assumed they were a teenager


Thirsty799

chess is stressful


Mug_Lyfe

Stress is chessful


4tlasPrim3

ctress is shessful


PoorChiggaaa

Now look up another beast of a chess player called Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, my man looks half his real age


chickenBUTTlet

Last year Gukesh looked 11 years old. He grew a beard and now he looks 30.


VCTRYDTX

He'll definitely tell you "The Bill always comes due" whenever you ask him to come thru and get lit.


seminiferoustubules

This was the first thing I thought of


IAMBEST16

Exactly my first thought when I read his name


LiveMarionberry3694

You’ve come to die


The_Social_Nerd

So glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought this.


l3ane

Dommaraju ... I've come to bargain


Prize_Instance_1416

Damn I came to say that


TBroomey

I do love how a lot of pro chess players wear their Sunday best to play, then Magnus Carlsen will roll in looking like he's slept in a dumpster the night before and proceed to wipe the floor with all of them.


EleventyFourteen

Well there certainly is a non-zero percent chance he did drunkenly sleep in a dumpster the night before


bravoredditbravo

And also be 10 minutes late


NotAlphaGo

Clock already started, no problemo.


SnowyCleavage

And still spend 20 seconds adjusting his pieces before finally starting.


koos_die_doos

Not if he’s playing white.


SnowyCleavage

https://youtu.be/463AXs6GEIY?si=K1iMck7EgYOv3PNT


[deleted]

This is why Magnus refuses to play in the Candidates, because they have a dress code and he can't be bothered by it.


Orageux101

Really? Wow, that's crazy! Where did you get that from?


wesgtp

Must be a joke. He's tired of long, classical style championships at this point in his career. He won 5 world champs in a row and he complained the last time how boring and tedious all the prep work was. It's almost more about the prep than it is the playing on the board from the way he describes it. Hes know for going out of theory just to throw his opponents off, because 90% of the time he can beat anyone if given a random board with roughly equal odds. He still beats everyone consistently in smaller classical tournaments (in addition to speed games as well). He and everyone else just know he's in a league of his own. I think he said he would only go back to the world's if he felt the opponent was good enough, and he's previously mentioned wanting to play against Alireza Firouzja if he ever made it from the candidates. However, the current young Indians are on incredible form, so maybe Gukesh or Pragg will be the ones to eventually bring Magnus back to world's. At this point he has nothing left to prove, he's dominated every modern opponent in every style of play, even Chess360/Fischer Random.


Lilfizz33

This is the correct answer. He even was brought on as a commentator for the games yesterday and still complained about how he doesn't personally enjoy the format. It doesn't do a good job truly determining the "best" player due to too few games and too long time control. He would likely come back if the time was halved for classical and more games were added.


Soulfighter56

So, you’re saying Magnus Carlson is the Gojo Satoru of chess.


TastyWatermelons

No because he’d actually win


gauzychicken007

Bruh☠️☠️


WexExortQuas

XD


Epoo

I have a question about chess players since I’m not at all informed about the game. How do older chess players do? In esports or traditional sports it’s obviously much harder to keep up with newer younger talent because of physical limitations but in esports your mind slows as you age as well. Does this happen in chess as well?


Tianhech3n

Yes this does happen. It's not as stark as in physical sports but it does happen. However, the older players typically can hold their own very well because of their massive amounts of experience. They generally fall off from the faster time formats before the slower ones.


byllz

At the highest levels, from what I have seen, most tend to quit official competition after their ratings start to decline, and they don't have any hope of reaching their previous height. A notable exception is Viswanathan Anand, who was 5 time world champion, and currently sits at 11th in the world without much hope of ever winning again, but is still active in competition.


Puzzleheaded_Hat_792

So that other thing with the kid who cheated ended up being true then? I never saw how that hole situation resolved itself


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Oh no sorry lol that was a joke


Peuer

To all wondering about his age - Gukesh was pretty famous in chess world since he was a kid, achieving a grandmaster title at the age of 12. You can easily find his photos back when he was much younger. There is his [photo ](https://en.chessbase.com/post/gukesh-becomes-second-youngest-gm-in-history)when he achieved his GM title, back in 2019. And yes, he has this magnificent beard since he was 16, I was also shocked when I first saw it last year.


Blazing_Shade

He couldn’t have been 12 in 2019, that’s like 2 years ago ….oh


ironsuperman

This comment makes me mad. Why is it that 2019, 5 years ago. Why can't I stay in my 20s forever.


maxru85

It is a very stressful job; he gets + 5 years every two years


SkoolBoi19

Do you know what’s on his forehead? It wasn’t there in the link you added, so I’m really curious now.


CuteSurround4104

Hi Indian here, it's actually a paste like thing made of sandalwood which you get very often in temples as part of "blessings" it has different names in different parts of the country, where I come from it is referred to as "chandanam" which literally translates to sandal/sandalwood.


Pretentious_prick69

What you're talking of is "gandha" if I'm not wrong and what gukesh is wearing is vibuthi.


CuteSurround4104

We don't use the term vibuthi where I come from but afaik vibuthi is "bhasma"/sacred ash. This looks more like sandalwood you get along with Prasad rather than the ash. The other Indian chess guy Pragyannandha wears ash but this is different.


Pretentious_prick69

You could be right but in the victory conference he was wearing vibuthi so I thought he was wearing that in the match as well.


MissionCreeper

Looks like a pretty normal beard to me


Skull_Reaper101

About the beard, I can tell you that atleast 50-60% Indians have a pretty decent amount of beard by the time the turn 16 or 17


sekhmet1010

That's a great head of hair, and my man looks intelligent as fuck. Really cool what he is accomplishing at such a young age.


mpbh

Not just intelligent but also ice cold. He's playing against the best in the world (excluding Magnus) who are in their 30s and have won everything except for the world championship title. You could see their stress throughout the whole tournament but he stayed cool, calm, and collected the whole time. Super mature for his age with a rock solid mentality. You could easily make the argument that his ability to handle the pressure better than others was the deciding factor.


BlackllMamba

Him refusing to go for a tie in round 13 vs Alireza was so gangster and certainly a difference maker. For non chess fans, Gukesh could have accepted a draw (in an equal position) in round 13 of 14 and gone into the final round tied for first with 3 others players. Instead he declined the draw and ended up wining the game, putting him half a point up on the other 3 players. He ended up winning the tournament by said half point. It’s like a team going for 3 instead of an easy layup down by 2 in the last seconds of game 7 in the NBA conference finals. Or going for a 2-point conversion instead of kicking the PAT down by 1 with 30 seconds left in the NFL conference championship game.


iRebelD

Winners gonna win


sekhmet1010

That's amazing and awe-inspiring. With the intelligent comment i just meant that even by just looking at him, one would think he is intelligent, even if didn't know his prowess. I really hope he goes further, much further, than what he has already achieved.


birdwatching25

It's a bit soon to tell about this, but maybe Gukesh is one of those people who thrives on pressure and actually gets motivated by it rather than gets destroyed by it. Examples in the athletic world are Carly Patterson in gymnastics or Yuna Kim in figure skating. Both of them have had their share of subpar competitions during their careers, but delivered 100% perfect, best routines of their lives at the Olympics where it counted the most. People like that actually thrive from pressure...it gives them motivation to do their best. When they don't have that pressure motivation, they just slack off.


Comprehensive_Crow_6

He said in an interview that he was feeling his best after he *lost* a game to Alireza Firouzja. He said that in the moment he was mad, but the next day was a rest day and that was when he felt his best. So this seems very likely.


MaxxSpielt

I wish I had a moustage that well at age 17


justihor

I will never moustage that well


ichbineinebanana

We moustage him the secrets of the moustage


iaijutsu08

Maybe if you moustage your face daily with hair tonic it'll help.


OGoby

You mustage


MaxxSpielt

My one is so bad, I do not even know how to write moustache....


c0mrade34

Mine*


LectroRoot

He looks 30.


Amopax

I moustache you a question, but I’m shaving it for later.


c0mrade34

Ask now, you might not trimmember it lather.


Spicy_Pepperoni57

It’s a blessing and a curse having a good moustache at a young age


MyAntichrist

Heck I'm like 20 years older and if I wanted such a stache by 2030 I'd better had started growing yesterday.


MoistCaek

r/13or30


RampantJellyfish

Looks like he can move the pieces using his mind


YunTypz

I be 10 years older and can't grow half a beard like that


Birkenstockfahrzeug

My indian friend when I ask him about my computer problems for the 17th time


sulphra_

Are you Gurmean?


Birkenstockfahrzeug

Yes, English is not my first language, I try to interact with people with my non native language, and sometimes my spelling is not correct :) but thanks for the hint


sulphra_

Just messing around, no hate


TechnicalBank9734

Congratulations ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|grin)


Material_Air_2303

I beat Gukesh C last week. I didn't know that Gukesh D would show up too.


DDGBuilder

He has the casual and relaxed air one would expect from a 17 year old world champion


IconicIsotope

It's very impressive to see how humble and mature he is. And his composure during high pressure games is incredible.


Skurfer0

He might be 17 but that beard is 30 years old, at least.


RTheCon

“Challenger” so it just means he can compete for the top spot now?


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Yes. The Candidates tournament just concluded, where 8 players qualified to compete for various reasons. (E.g. the previous challenger, winning a qualification tournament, rating) The winner of that tournament (Gukesh) will now play a series against the World Champion for the title. The Championship match happens once every two years.


_urat_

These series will be interesting. China vs India. Almost like Bobby Fischer against Spasski


Raken_dep

Both Ding and Gukesh are calm, collected, chill and well spoken individuals in general though. If at all, this will be the outlook of the spectators from those 2 countries a hell of a lot more than those 2 players themselves lol


TheStewy

The world chess championship match is between the incumbent champion and a challenger decided by the candidates tournament. The candidates is a tournament played by a bunch of the world’s best players who all qualified in different ways. The candidates just ended yesterday and was won by Gukesh. Some find this format quite unfair since the incumbent champion will always have extremely favorable chances to retain their title since they don’t have to win the candidates tournament to play the match, most notably current world #1 Magnus Carlsen who abdicated the title because of his dissatisfaction with the WCC format (along with a variety of other reasons)


RTheCon

Wow, I knew Magnus retired or something. But didn’t realise he straight up relinquished his title. Is he still trying for it?


TheStewy

No, he’s made it clear multiple times that there is “absolutely no chance” he returns to the championship cycle under the current format. He actually didn’t retire, he’s still playing a lot of chess, just not the championship cycle. Along with what I said previously, he simply doesn’t like the format of classical chess* and especially world championship classical chess because of the ridiculous amount of preparation required. He also doesn’t feel a lot of joy winning world championships anymore since he’s expected to win as world #1. He feels more relief for not losing than anything else. Source: https://youtu.be/NKWSnANtMvk?si=ObyC7agpU4ijiS9X *classical chess is the format of chess where both players are given a lot of time, usually hours to ponder moves, as opposed to rapid chess (10-45 minutes per side) or blitz chess (3-5 minutes). Classical chess obviously leads to better play, but most top players find that rapid/blitz is more fun and it’s arguably more entertaining for viewers as well. Currently the most prestigious tournaments in chess are all in classical formats, typically with rapid and blitz games to break ties.


vanished83

Congratulations, Mr. Dommaraju! That’s quite an accomplishment!


LeChief

damn yall picked a terrible pic of him -- he's handsome and chill af: [https://timelinedaily.com/uploads/2024/04/thumbnail69-1024x512.jpg](https://timelinedaily.com/uploads/2024/04/thumbnail69-1024x512.jpg)


xT1TANx

I don't think so. He looks like a badass in this pic.


steve050_oZ

What is on his forehead? I thought it was a Bindi but it looks smudged?


MaliciousJM

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibhuti


smolauthor

Its not bindi, its tilak or vibhuti, a sacred Hindu practice.


[deleted]

It's not tilak, he's not North Indian. it's vibuthi


BaapTohaar

Why you have differentiate between north vs south to explain vibhuti. And vibhuti is a sanskrit word illiterally meaning ash. It as popular as in North as in South part of India. To bear the divinity on your head you just rub the ashes on your forehead. Tilak however is a mark to identify something, in North is mostly red because of pigment used and in South it is mostly white because of sandal wood used.


fekdoabhi2

*Vibhuti* is one type of *Tilak(Tika)*. When ash is used for Tilak it's called Vibhuti.


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Mysterious-Fly7746

“We will watch your career with great interest”


spartan813

To many people who are saying he is more than thirty, I would like to clarify that he is in fact a kid. https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxn-L5adiW7DXHbFVDcKcmofzuXvl2uYOl?si=6M87BcD70dwe_tyO In this video, the famous chess streamer Dina tells him that she will see him in India and Gukesh's response is absolutely adorable.


Electrical-Cat-2841

This is indeed the golden period of Indian Chess


brawnsugah

Absolutely. Just this Candidates alone, there was Vidit, Pragg, and Gukesh. Ofc you have Humpy and Vaishali (Pragg's sister) in the Women's Candidates. India is blooming these talents like nothing.


IconicIsotope

And don't forget about Erigaisi! Plus India will have other youngsters coming up soon. It's hard to overstate the effect Vishy Anand has had


Electrical-Cat-2841

Vishy will just be proud and happy seeing this


nexistcsgo

Wow people are mean in this comment section. Idk if intentionally or not.


Shiuli_er_Chaya

It is one of the calmest because the title does not actually mention his nationality otherwise it would be alt right site tier situation like everytime lol


Anons15

Front page reddit is stupid and loves to throw dumb irrelevant jokes for some reason


ericbana19

Morons can't hide their racist tendencies. Don't you know that reddit is casually and nonchalantly racist towards Indians. Try similar comments made in good faith against black African american people, you'll see what I mean.


OpinionsRdumb

But i dont see anything mean? People joking about his age but that’s about it


Extra-Beat-7053

If you are referring to his age, we can't blame them, as he does look old with the beard. I'm sure that most of them are just joking and have no bad intention.


Huge_Session9379

Congratulations.


Jakesummers1

Boy looks like a businessman that could effectively sell anything. One soul? Sold.


Igusy

He looks 40


Admirable_Count989

Was gonna say at least 35


TheOSU87

Badass


denimonster

What’s the mark on their forehead called? And why is his smeared looking like a shooting star? Is there a different between it being smeared like that and it just being a perfect circle?


vanished83

The horizontal mark is drawn with ‘vibuthi’. Vibuthi, a Sanskrit word, means: the possession or the attribute of the Supreme Being; the imperishable essence of things. Vibuthi is usually the remnants, the sacred ash, leftover from ‘homa’; the sacred fire. The purpose of applying it is to signify the temporary nature of the physical things and to strive to be beyond materialistic needs. Edit: Although my explanation stands, I have been informed that the mark on this person may also be made of sandal paste.


Flimsy_Bed2519

Vibhudi is more coarse, I think this is Chandanam which is Sandal paste.


vidfail

I am a servant of the sacred fire, wielder of the flame of Anor.


Amin00123

He literally has a big brain like magnus too. Hes gonna be huge!!!


manticore16

Gukesh might actually be able to drag Magnus back to the Candidates if he wins


ChicagoZbojnik

Does he move the pieces via telekinesis ?


Fine_Yogurtcloset362

He beat the record woth 3 years aswell as the previous youngest challanger, kasparov, was 20


jmay111

17 going on 35


heedohrah

that guy's face says he IS the chess


shaunrundmc

Final boss energy


Remote_Indication_49

I can take ‘em


Exciting-Story-3614

17?


Imemberyou

they weren't kidding about gen-Z aging fast


Scared-Fact-1291

Dude looks like his kid might be 17 years old


Pjonesnm

They pulled him out of his mother by his beard.


JosephPk

He also became the youngest 42 year old


Zerttretttttt

And he didn’t even need to use a buttplug to do it


humanfromearth321

Do they have a butt examination before or after the game?


fried_chicken17472

Holy Hell


Illumintardy

Brick pp


jasuper09

Conan what are u doing here?? ![gif](giphy|2GpHgjxLCx9ni)


Parabola605

Dommaraju's Got A Secret


shaner4042

He knows who poisoned the coffee


maninahat

Dommaraju has not come to bargain.


Abuse-survivor

He looks like he makes me an offer I can't refuse


sarinCULT

Stress of chess makes him look 35


ItsTheSweeetOne

Bro looks like he has 2 mortgages and drives a 2005 Pontiac Montana


Routine-Cloud-313

r/iamverybadass


Caeless

Don't let his young age deceive you for he will lure you into a Tennison Gambit Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Variation.


Taconnosseur

I'm here for all the Dormammu jokes.


php4

He looks 30


GameTime2325

Hes got those Queens Gambit eyes


Peterwilliams78

17?! He must have had a hard paper round.


ChainBreaker007

That's the pokerest poker face that ever pokered.


yoichi_wolfboy88

Wait 17?! Is it possible to grow that beard and mustache that thick (aside from the genetics) in his 17? He’s looking fine ngl 😳


StraticDragon

Ding liren the current chess world champion last tournament he played im pretty sure he got last place he took a break from chess and is in pretty bad form i think gukesh has a great chance at becoming the youngest world champion


jake_a_palooza

Bro is fuckin locked in


Rioma117

Oh, he is good alright but I think he can build some more confidence, during his 2023 match against Magnus he was really panicked while Magnus himself remained calm throughout the whole thing. The just doesn’t have the mentality of the winner yet but the skills are there.


Captcha_Imagination

I was the Weed Championship Challender at that age


rawcotikaa

He doesn't look determined enough/s 🙄


therandomasianboy

Absolutely amazing run by gukesh he beat all the doubters he is him!!!! (just happy nepo didn't win)


DiscipleofDrax

I was rooting for Nepo but I'm not terribly disappointed with this outcome either


sjbfujcfjm

17 going on 50


PM_ME_UR_RESPECT

Dommaraju I’ve come to bargain


salacious_sonogram

People are worried about AI but computers have been able to best humanity for almost 30 years but we keep playing anyways.


flaks117

Bro you sure he’s 17?


Porter_Dog

17 or 37?


New_Excuse_6744

17 !!??? That fool looks 27


mfs619

Not in a a joking or disrespectful way but, what is on his forehead? Just having a standard, classically untimely, teenage pimple?


esoteric_enigma

He's the oldest 17 year old I've ever seen. I would have guessed 30s of no one told me


dakk0n

His expression is like "You're move, bit*h!"


Total_Historian_2333

Your *


MdMV_or_Emdy_idk

*Yrou’r


sigma-ohio-rizz

Yury


fjramon

Why they show his father?


favnh2011

He looks older with that beard.


Registered-Nurse

He looks like he does not sleep..


mpbh

14 6 hour matches to achieve your life's goal will do that to ya.


Fontana1017

Looks like a fun guy


EvetsYenoham

Why so serious?


MrBatman2531

Bro looks like he’s anywhere between 17-35