When Gukesh met 200 fans at a park in Toronto after winning Candidates 2024

After Gukesh won the FIDE Candidates 2024, a lot of fans wanted to meet him and interact with him. We asked Gukesh if he would be fine with a fan meetup before he left. He obliged. It was such an amazing time that people had with him. More than 200 fans came to the Trinity Bellwoods Park. Gukesh was patient as he took a picture with each of the fans and also signed chess boards. Check out this video to get a feel of the meetup!
Video: ChessBase India
A huge thanks to Sanket Nawle for supporting the meetup with the pictures
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[@user_ab12cd34]

Thanks to Sagar and team for organizing this meet-up. My 6 year old thoroughly enjoyed and as someone who loves paying chess he will cherish this for his entire life.

[@JaiSriRam801]

So Cute🧡🧡

[@anindyaganguly5243]

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[@Epicarto]

❤

[@chandanpulavarthi8904]

Gukesh said they are family (about sagar), it is the best thing to say about anyone.

[@Shivshakti998]

he knows gukesh since he was a small child..he and amrita are family for gukesh

[@bmno.4565]

Sagar's contribution to India's chess scene needs to be acknowledged more. He has been with Gukesh, Pragg, etc since they were young, and in the Kramnik India chess program it was Sagar who took care of the boys (serving food etc).

[@theprotagonist0000]

Gukesh acknowledging what Sagar and Amurta have done for chess is so heartwarming. A ton of times i see people giving all the credit to Samay, but Sagar along with Amruta have been at it since way before. Love samay too btw, its just for me Chessbase India have been there since no one really cared about chess online, their clout was barely anything, their streams had very less concurrent watchers etc. so i absolutely love to have their efforts recognized and presented to the world ♥

[@sk-ig4wt]

matter of fact is that even samay would say sagar and Amruta have done more than him

[@SAVAGEshorts399]

​@@sk-ig4wt Sagar is the heart and samay is the brain

[@jazzydriven2784]

​@@sk-ig4wtIt is a style of communication (often toxic) some people are fond of, to create animosity among two parties when there originally wasn't any. 😅😅😅

[@FireandIce-eh7mx]

​@@sk-ig4wtthere is no doubt about that

[@abdullahyf8132]

Samay acted as a catalyst..

[@chandrashekarist]

I drove 4 hours from Ottawa to Toronto and 5 hours back to Ottawa for this event. It was such a great event; it was like the comment section of ChessBase India came to life. Everyone was discussing chess, ChessBase India, Gukesh, and the candidates with so much passion. The other members in the park were amazed at the commotion. People attending the event took the time to explain the greatness of this movement to them.Thank you, Sagar, for organizing this event. It will be an unforgettable event in my life. And yes, Gukesh has the patience of a saint. The crowd was a bit much, but he took pictures with a smile until the end.

[@steelsteez6118]

Gukesh!! Congrats from California! Couldn't be happier for you brother.

[@Alok_kurmi]

Thanks brother ❤❤❤❤

[@user-hf4jz8uj5n]

​@@Alok_kurmihe's telling gukesh, not to you

[@astitva696]

He mentioned the contribution of CHESSBASE INDIA COVERAGE😊😊😊

[@Chessbattlegames]

Watch Chess Grand Masters battle back to back! New game's Daily!

[@shuffled7]

2:06 "They're just family for me". What Gukesh said here really struck a cord with me, because ever since he said to Amruta, with the most genuine smile "Ofcourse I wanted to say hi to you" right after winning the tournament I have been thinking of that statement so much. In a way, it revealed so much of what Sagar and Amruta mean to this new generation of Indian chess players. I feel that Sagar and Amruta, not having kids of their own, must feel these young players as their own. Because they have been with them almost from the start of their journey, in good times as well as in bad just like ones parents do, and covering all kinds of tournaments they played in. You can see that special connection in the countless number of vlogs and various random footage on their channel. No matter what, Chessbase India, Sagar & Amruta are a constant in the Indian Chess scene, and I hope they continue to be for many years to come.

[@christ4ever809]

In which video did he said hi to amruta? Could you please share me the link of that video? I absolutely love both sagar and amruta for their hard work!

[@FireandIce-eh7mx]

​@@christ4ever809just after winning candidates

[@sumit3041]

@christ4ever809 watch chessbase indias candidates round 14 live stream,go to the comment section,someone must have time stamped that moment.

[@ravjiboyShorts]

1:49 "I can't look at him" 😭😭

[@powerbamgaming9395]

Dumbledore said calmly 😅

[@pritamroy9320]

​@@powerbamgaming9395😂😂😂

[@AdvaiticOneness1]

1:15 What a proud moment for his father 😢🤧🤗

[@honestloz]

What a wonderful human being GuKesh is. He is a genuine, nice, humble man and takes the time to meet all his fans even though he must have been exhausted. I have total respect for him, and I wish him good luck for the world championship 🙏 It would be amazing for him to become the youngest chess world champion in history and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy 😊 👍

[@sagarbehera]

He was exhausted. He was stretching his chest and shoulders as a reflex to the pain and exhaustion.

[@Riolonwy]

New Zealand ChessBase India fan here. I love this channel because I think Sagar has the most wholesome, considerate personality in Chess media. I think it's pretty clear Gukesh has quite an introverted and humble personality and wouldn't ask to arrange a fan meet up of his own accord not because he doesn't care about his fans but because he probably does not see himself as someone self-important enough to have 200 people go out of their way to meet him. But i'm sure he really enjoyed the experience and was grateful to have Sagar and Amurta inspire him to do it. I am sure many decades from now when he looks back on his career he will remember very fondly the chance he got to meet and interact with his fans after winning the Candidates before his World Championship win (fingers crossed). And of course for the fans in Canada securing an opportunity for them to meet Gukesh is just a lovely thing to do for them too. Overall, just a very wholesome event that I'm sure was an extremely positive experience for both Gukesh and his fans. How wonderful to see Sagar and Amurta help a reserved but deserving star connect with his fanbase. They clearly are not milking Gukesh for as much content and revenue as possible but rather genuinely support him. I think that's beautiful to see from a Media organisation.

[@wildest.dreams]

I might be too old to learn chess, but there are a few things that I hope to inculcate from him: his level of self-discipline, grit, determination, passion towards his job. He is also extremely kind towards people, agreed to do a meetup after winning the candidates for free. He was polite, calm and composed. I only wish I can be half as good of a person he is at just 17. Hope you achieve your dreams Gukesh.

[@sahilverma7045]

You are never too old to learn this beautiful game, not everyone plays professionally, you can still do it as a hobby with friends and family at bars and cafes. It's always great to listen to a person while playing chess, he/she speaks their true self

[@dheeruraghu7606]

For so many years Vishy's name was unanimous with chess. Us 90's kids grew up knowing about chess only because of Vishy. It is so heart warming to see post 2020 how chess has boomed in India. The credit goes to Chessbase India but not to forget that Samay's contribution has also been unreal. Vishy's statement calling this 'The golden era of chess' is so poetic. Heart swells with pride. ❤️ Let's get the championship Gukesh.

[@krishnanshusharma8213]

go go go guki, this is the coolest, one of the best moments for chess in india

[@Chessbattlegames]

Watch Chess Grand Masters battle back to back! New game's Daily!

[@sanketnawle]

Oh my God! Thanks Sagar for sharing my pictures! I'm flattered! It was a great pleasure to meet and photograph our legend, Gukesh! A big thanks to everyone who came for the meet up and made it one of the most memorable days of my life!!

[@AsitdyaDsr]

He said Sagar and his wife are Family for him . Gukesh’s parents did a great job turning him into this well mannered and humble human being. He will scale many heights. Chess will benefit from him. ✌️

[@JaiSriRam801]

Hey Bhagwan😍Finally chess got the fame it deserved. Thank you everyone for supporting and cheering for Gukesh🧡Huge Congratulations to the youngest world chess championship challenger "Gukesh Dommaraju"🔥🧡🇮🇳

[@Chessbattlegames]

Watch Chess Grand Masters battle back to back! New game's Daily!

[@SubhrajyotiAcharyyaDSB]

you mean hey anand

[@breathbadminton]

@@SubhrajyotiAcharyyaDSB :)

[@JaiSriRam801]

​@@SubhrajyotiAcharyyaDSBWhat? "Hey anand" doesn't make any sense

[@SubhrajyotiAcharyyaDSB]

@@JaiSriRam801 god isnt real. But Anand is. And he's the god of Indian chess. So say his name

[@atharvkulkarni4929]

A few years later, we will get back to this video and tell future gen that it was the beginning of the D Gukesh era, the golden era of Indian chess! Super proud! Kudos to Chessbase India, Sagar Sir, Samay, and the team.

[@MaharshiRay]

As a sakura (cherry blossoms) fan, I loved the park. First time seeing so many of them together outside of Japan.

[@sagarbehera]

We have sakura festival here in India in Shillong and pretty famous one at that.

[@user-hf4jz8uj5n]

India me bhi hai bhai

[@user-yy4jn3ri9z]

If you were truly Cherry blossoms fan, you would have known the distributions of Sakura across geographic locations. You don't even know India has such places(Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Himachal, Uttrakhand). You are just an Anime turd got to know about such things and assumed it's limited to Japan.

[@FireandIce-eh7mx]

Are they native in sikkim?​@@sagarbehera

[@MaharshiRay]

@@sagarbehera Very nice to know. would love to visit it someday

[@harshlondhekar7656]

5:15 what an epic candid 🔥🔥🔥

[@happy_labs]

Wow, only 17 and he can keep his composure speaking to a crowd of people and cameras. That's something most adults struggle with.

[@TaruneshGaur]

It's just phenomenal that our generation has this guy, even as a young boy there is too much to learn from him, if anyone asks me about Gukesh, I'll just answer INSPIRATIONAL .....

[@Kusy777ify]

So humble he is ... I hope he will be next champion ... 👍❤

[@user-lb4hu1fq5l]

indian chess ka dhoni hai ye ladka. captain cool. at age of 17, he is more emotionally mature -> shows how hard work builds character. amazing!

[@noname-sl3to]

Thsnks to guy that asked Qf4 i too had the same qus Loved gukesh response it is so true that if gukesh draws pressure shifts to other board and it might be a factor of fabi scumbing to ian

[@MysticSage-hg3jh]

*Gukesh Will Make Chess More Popular, and Will Bring More Money to The Sport* *Just like Sachin and Virat Kohli*

[@rutupatel4191]

Thank you Sagarbhai for arranging this meet up and giving us chance to meet Gukesh. Yesterday was best day for me. #futureworldchampion❤

[@Scholarofonecandle]

I wonder if the airport will be crowded when he lands back in India

[@ShikharSrivastava]

Not a shred of doubt. Hah.

[@Chessbattlegames]

Watch Chess Grand Masters battle back to back! New game's Daily!

[@sagarbehera]

Dude he is from Chennai. They are crazy about Chess.

[@Viva-la-de-hs4ub]

I hope there is a vlog or video about that too!

[@barrybundles2788]

Great video! Thank you for organizing and sharing these moments

[@diyayaaa]

That's amaaaaaazingg very yery proud to watch indians getting ahead in various fields (badi badi taliyan tatatattata)😂❤🎉🎉🎉

[@nirbhaykumarchaubey8777]

Tm bhi Indian ho, tm bhi aage badho 🎉

[@utkarshkunwar4319]

You guys deserve every bit of it! Thank you so much for doing such wonderful things for the game ❤

[@SushobhanPal]

Thoes pictures at the end uff Goosebumps 🥶

[@yoganshbhatt]

I love the pictures in the end! Our gukesh must be loving them ha🌝🫶

[@rohanvijaykumar]

Those pictures at the end are just beautiful. Amazing to witness such scenes. I'm rooting for Gukesh to be world champion!

[@julenbilbao]

absolutely fantastic guy .I love gukesh ..he deserves all what happens to him ...he is a great player a great humble person..great exemple for kids all around the world ..I will support and cheer for him against ding ...happy India

[@divyakumar05]

I wish him a bright future...Many more to come for Gukesh....What a fan moment for Gukesh.Sagarji thanks for showing this video..

[@divyanxsh]

What a humble person he is..such an inspiration!! ❤

[@ashutoshsingh72476]

I love how innocent and genuine guys such respect and fame❤

[@basilsylvesterpinto10]

pleasant surprise to see the interest and security required for chess in Toronto. Saw the prodigy at 13 and did his interview in Goa on the sidelines of the 2nd International GM Open in Goa and seen him make rapid strides since.

[@SushobhanPal]

Thank you Sagar bhai for arranging this and taking care of the security for our Little Indian Gem ❤

[@Any_lastwish_]

Sagar shah is a legend❤. I wanna meet him😢. It's not a Growth of an individual person but it's a huge growth for India in chess. Thanks to all of them who are doing this whole heartedly.

[@parvpatel8349]

Sagarbhai, Amrutadidi, BM Samay are honestly the reason many people like me have picked up an interest in Chess in the recent years Thankyou Chessbase India team🇮🇳🇮🇳♥️♥️

[@thesnackbandit]

Hope he is given the space he needs too. An incredible chess player and human being. Glad to see he's getting the adulation that he deserves. Get some well deserved rest champion.

[@sahilsood88]

Such a humble guy

[@hexagon-multiverse]

I'm so happy to see this gentleman succeed. So much intelligence & poise at such a young age is impressive. Congrats to Gukesh, and to the coaches & parents.

[@gomteshpatil8819]

Cant even single word for praising him ,he is boy where whole nation proud on himm❤❤❤

[@asmita5083]

Just feeling great that we have great chess community now that supports the efforts of every player as well as people around ❤

[@shashankshekhar6801]

It is Very Heartening to see him and his fans. ABig Congratulations to Gukesh, you made us indians Proud ❤ ❤

[@KurchiThatha]

The greatness in chess is the only internationally recognised sport where there is no age and year category for even world champion

[@dekrypt3114]

Ah the outro !!! 🙇🏻🙇🏻❤ Great video

[@Hardik__chauhan69]

Future world chess campion D Gukesh🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

[@Chessbattlegames]

Watch Chess Grand Masters battle back to back! New game's Daily!

[@TheJimmiececil]

Wonderful, Sagar! And judging by the reaction of these people what a wonderful and inspring World Champion Gukesh will be!

[@anindyaganguly5243]

Brilliantly organised and glad he was safe ❤❤ Kerp going King Guki. ❤❤

[@stephieninja]

Awww

[@KartikeyG]

Bhai ek cheez important hai mere hisaab se which you are missing out right now. You MUST cover the other two Indians and how they feel. The true contribution will happen if you cover the entirety of the game spirit, and the losses and missed opportunities for both Pragg and Vidit, plus how they feel should be captured... Provided that they are willing to share. You can do it being the kind of chess channel you are.

[@adityaraghav8693]

actually even if he want's it wont be possible logistically everyone will have there plan's and covering gukesh right now is priority so he want's to cover that first. we have only 1 sagar so he can cover only 1 person journey fully like we are seing in this video...

[@KartikeyG]

@@adityaraghav8693 right, but there should be some mention of others somewhere at least.

[@kathirsolaiappan5591]

​@@KartikeyGwhy those 2 guys In my opinion after our champ Gukesh the American duo and nepo deserve some recognition for the phenomenal display of chess and it was truly heartbreaking to see nepo and fabi's last game

[@KartikeyG]

@@kathirsolaiappan5591 of course. Not underestimating their value in the tournament. But from the point of Chessbase INDIA.... That's all

[@adityaraghav8693]

@@KartikeyG yeah, but thats where traditional media houses are better because they have mutiple teams working on different things, here we have only one sagar, think about it putting out this high quality work by single man and editing everything and presenting to us is already so exhausting i guess if he have at least 2 more people like him, coverage will be more to others players

[@divyanshugoyal6173]

Those last shots were fantastic😮😮

[@silvioparlanti]

Congrats, Gukesh, congrats, India. Well deserved!!! Big hug from Argentina

[@dhruvagarwal8583]

BY THE WAY GREAT PICTURES

[@spblore]

Gukesh is just a gem❤

[@Shivshakti998]

Great to see huge support from our bharatiya community for gukesh and other bharatiya chess players.

[@devanshupadhyay2658]

He said they( Sagar and Amruta) are like a family to me, this is so wholesome :))

[@abhiprasad7463]

Sagar you are an inspiration for the generations to come, the way you sidelined yourself from mainstream chess to support many people. Sagar OP

[@SahilGulati]

thank you Sagar and everyone involved for organizing it and our champ Gukesh for his time. I couldn't be there but my family got to meet him and kids are super excited.

[@chakratamu1667]

Sagar bhai your channel always show best unfiltered raw content 👌🏼 and huge congratulations to GM Gukesh D 🔥🔥

[@rahilmalhotra001]

Nice to see this!

[@lazzy5173]

This is so heartwarming

[@xnervemusic]

All the best young humble man ❤

[@ambermgupta]

@4:10 take a safer option and put pressure on Fabi

[@racp]

Big congratulations Gukesh.. I'm very proud of you buddy 👏 And also congratulate all indian chess players who gave his / her great effort. Thanks a lot Mr. Sagar Shah for coverage 🙏

[@striker44]

Gukesh, super da! Congrats.

[@jermainerodgers]

I always believe he's the next big thing.. incredible player.

[@kirtishmehta4090]

Thank you sagar bhai ❤

[@antoniobravetti7483]

what a great player and likeable human being,I really hope he becomes the next world champion.

[@gonzaloreyes8782]

Great support for the champion wotld contender👍

[@seeker6664]

champ💌 fly high.. It's now or never..create the history

[@TheDevaser]

Clearly more than 200 admirers!

[@lesilluminations1]

Outstanding young man.

[@raphaelbuti3257]

Good of the young man to humour the fans it's a part of stardom he will get used to.

[@Hiproportion]

This is beautiful

[@abirvaabchatterjee6439]

"they are just family for me" ❤❤

[@sahilanwerkhan2026]

Moments like these make me say "proud to be an Indian❤❤"

[@MrSupernova111]

Wow! Pretty amazing! Gukesh is a rockstar!

[@AyushVantipeer-df6vi]

So proud of gukesh he has been an inspiration to all the youngsters including me🎉🎉❤❤

[@NarutoUzumaki-si6bc]

His win feels like a personal win ❤

[@insomnia20422]

Gukesh is the man...

[@Shivshakti998]

Congrats Gukesh

[@versatilegamer69]

I wish i could have been there at the time

[@aashishtiwari8730]

God Bless Little Champ

[@kanchan528]

If not chess Gukesh can try in movies too😅 Still I will be more happier if he becomes the world champion...❤❤

[@p.Espin95]

Im just happy to be alive while history is being made! Viva Gukesh!!

[@CoronaVirus-yr2us]

he is so excited and yet nervous at same time i think

[@aneesh3524]

I am so happy and sad at the same time. I couldn't go for meetup because i had exam next day but it's fine thats how life is he will come back here again and win 1 more big tournament and then i'll meet him. Sagar bhai love you keep on going

[@0311PRAVIN]

A big thank you Sagar Bhai, it wouldn't have been possible without you

[@Phaja1417]

Loved the emotional look of his father @1:14 ..

[@KariniSandeepKumar]

Fantastic reporting Sagar Bhai

[@user-eo7ch1hm9h]

Awesome everyone one says you have outside chance to win because you were in easy pool however you showed to the world tt does not matter you are good enough to beat hot favorite, believe me from the beginning I was in impression that you will win and here is our winner....... Keep it up

[@legowtham]

5:15 Such a badass photograph of Gajewski, Gukesh and his dad all together. Kudos to the photographer ♥

[@digitalsparrow_8599]

So nice of gukesh to agree to this

[@TUHINSUBHRAMONDAL]

Love you Gukesh bhai ❤

[@areshgutta8520]

Congratulations Gukesh

[@PARAGDEKABORUAH]

Amazing video sagaR