Man Claims Newspaper Carried The ‘Worst Headline’ For D Gukesh’s Chess Championship

Last Updated:December 13, 2024, 13:25 IST

India’s 18-year-old D Gukesh was crowned as the youngest chess champion after he defeated Chinese player Ding Liren.

Gukesh and Ding Liren fought the final battle in the 14th game. (Photo Credits: X)

India’s Dommaraju Gukesh is ruling all over the news headlines, following the 18-year-old being crowned as the youngest-ever World Chess champion. He defeated China’s Ding Liren in the battle of wits that lasted weeks, showing players fighting it out both psychologically and physically. While Gukesh’s historic achievement has drawn in congratulatory messages from across the globe including personalities, politicians, business leaders and even celebrities, he has also received massive coverage with global media celebrating the undisputed world champion.

Amid all the celebrations and congratulatory messages, a news headline mockingly highlighted Gukesh and Ding Liren’s cultural backgrounds and left the Internet divided. Social media users called out the example of a racial stereotype on a public platform through its news headline, which reads, “Sambhar outwits chow mein.”

Sharing a picture of the particular news article, a user wrote, “This might be the Worst Headline in the History of Sports Headline. What makes it worse is that it is used to describe History being Created.” While the user seemed visibly upset with the choice of words for the headline, other followers echoed similar sentiments, expressing disappointment over it. One wrote, “Also sambar spelled the North Indian way.”

Another commented, “What next, Vada beating momos? Sad to see this coming from Singapore which has almost one fourth of the population as South Indians and Tamil being one of the official languages there.”

“Our media is used to label everything in such way, that at times they are losing out basic senses,” another comment read.

A user asked, “who wrote this racist aah headline?”

One added, “Tell me you are a racist without telling me you are a racist.”

“It’s bad enough Kasparov sent out a racist tweet on his win. But our country fellows always have the urge to ace even in racism. Reeks of racism and bad taste. Which paper is this?” one of the comments read.

On Thursday, Indian chess prodigy D Gukesh scripted history by defeating defending champion Ding Liren of China in the 14-game match held in Singapore. He sealed the title after winning the black pieces, taking over the match by 7.5-6.5.

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Delhi, India