Regarding his relationship with Gukesh, Viswanathan Anand said, "He's a fun guy, laughs a lot… we often sit and discuss chess."

Sometimes even Viswanathan Anand is taken aback. On the chess board, the five-time world champion has witnessed a variety of chaos. However, when the storm clouds begin to build up above the chessboard, there's a peculiar rumble in the air.It was not going to be one of those days on Thursday. Because of this, Anand was only partially watching game 14 of Gukesh vs. Ding Liren's World Chess Championship match at home when everything in the chess world changed in an instant.Ding had made it possible for Gukesh to become the sport's 18th world champion with a single rook move.History can occasionally appear when you least expect it to. such as Thursday. I didn't watch the last game of the 14th World Championship live; I was just kind of sitting around. I thought the match would eventually end in a draw and proceed to tiebreaks the next day.

I continued to watch the game. In an interview with The Indian Express, Anand recalled, "But you know how it is, you put your attention into doing something else at home, and you glance at the game occasionally to see what's happening, then you go back to doing something else."Everyone in the sport has been astonished by Gukesh's ascent to the top. Even if chess success occurs considerably earlier than in most other sports, it is nevertheless unprecedented for a youngster to win the world championship. "Being 18 years old is simply an incredible age to win a world championship. His attitude, in my opinion, was ultimately what made him successful. He simply arrived in Singapore prepared to compete in all 14 games. Ding, Gukesh's opponent, appeared to falter occasionally during games. He put in a little too much effort to earn a draw in the fourteenth game. He was still somewhat torn. Gukesh persisted in striving to win every day. And his attitude and persistence paid off in the end," Anand remarked.