A screengrab from the video of chess grandmaster D Gukesh dancing.
Credit: Insta/@gukesh.official
Chess grandmaster D Gukesh have wowed many with his chess moves with the recent being India's historic victory, as the men's team clinched its first ever gold medal in the tournament of Chess Olympiad.
However now, the champion has shown his dance moves in a recent video of him grooving to Rajinikanth's latest song Manasilayo.
In the video he can be seen dancing in a group while wearing a red 'kurta', 'veshti' and sunglasses.
The group is swaying to the hook steps while also dressed in traditional attires.
The dance clip has garnered over 300k likes and a flurry of comments.
"Bro casually dancing after winning Olympiad for India," a user commented.
Another wrote, "Moves on and off the board."
Another user commented saying they never thought of seeing this side of Gukesh.
A fourth commented, "Okay...mr allrounder...anything you can't do... you literally slay in everything,"
"Never thought we'd see chess grandmaster dancing before GTA 6," commented a fifth.
Gukesh had won the Candidates tournament in April to become the youngest challenger to the world title at the age of 17. He turned 18 in May.
In the recently concluded Chess Olympiad, he said he approached it an individual event while expressing satisfaction with his performance ahead of the eagerly-awaited World Championship in November.
"In the Olympiad, I took it as an individual event. I just wanted to perform well in this specific tournament. I am very happy with my performance and the team's performance," Gukesh said.
Gukesh produced a sensational display on the top board for India as he notched up nine points out of his 10 games, conceding just a couple of draws besides eight victories, which fetched him an individual gold as well.
(With PTI inputs)