Headline : World Chess Championship: Of being in the zone, maintaining a poker face and not believing in numerology

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There was a viral clip a few months back involving Viswanathan Anand and Gukesh. It’s barely a 15-second-long clip, but it reveals the amount of respect that Gukesh has for Anand, who has mentored the 18-year-old.

The clip shows Gukesh, and then Praggnanandhaa, instinctively jumping to their feet as soon as Anand stands up to speak on stage much to the joy of the audience. Anand then proceeds to compliment Gukesh and his generation of prodigies for being “very well brought up”.

Follow our liveblog of Game 5 of the Gukesh vs Ding Liren battle here: World Chess Championship Game 5

On Friday, Anand and Xie Jun, the first Chinese Women’s World Champion, were fittingly given the honour of making the ceremonial first moves on the board before Game 4 of the World Championship at Singapore. While Xie Jun was to make a move for Ding, Anand would make a move for Gukesh. As both legends were introduced, Ding Liren broke into applause for both names. The 18-year-old boy sitting opposite Ding, who jumps to his feet each time Anand stands up, had a completely different reaction. Let alone applaud, Gukesh never broke eye contact with the board, a measure of how deeply in the zone the 18-year-old can get when it’s time to play.

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