Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh Named Player of the Year by ACF

The Asian Chess Federation honoured the 16-year-old player with the accolade for clinching the gold medal with a record-breaking score of 9/11 in the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram last year. He also broke the 2700 Elo-rating mark and was the youngest Grandmaster from the country to be rated above 2700

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