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World Chess Championships Final Match: As he returns home from the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest with two gold medals -- one for the Team Championship and an Individual gold on Top Board, destiny has once again pushed Dommaraju Gukesh to the forefront.

It has generated renewed interest in World No. 7, who has cemented his claim to become the World Champion with a virtuoso performance that has left the chess World mesmerised.

Soon after Viswanathan Anand lost to Magnus Carlsen for the second successive World Chess Championships Final Match in Sochi in 2014 and cut down on his participation in the circuit soon after that, Indian fans were tormented by a few questions.