Gukesh arrives in Chennai after Candidates win: Of a hero’s welcome, overnight stardom and a whizz kid’s longing for his mother

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Gukesh arrives in Chennai after Candidates win: Of a hero’s welcome, overnight stardom and a whizz kid’s longing for his mother

After three gruelling weeks of sparring against some of the best players in the world and a Candidates triumph that’s slotted him in the record books, chess grandmaster D. Gukesh arrived in his home town Chennai on Wednesday night.