After Magnus Carlsen, Chess Has Entered a New Age
By Louisa Thomas••The New Yorker
“Interregnum,” a new book by Jordan Himelfarb, follows the chess world’s rising young players, including the reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, as they compete in an era defined by computers, Louisa Thomas writes.
When Gukesh Dommaraju was a small child growing up in Chennai, India, his parents wanted him to be an athlete. Tennis, they thought. But Gukesh was drawn to another tactical game: chess.
He was one o…