D Gukesh has been honoured with the ‘Player of the Year Award’ by the Asian Chess Federation.

* Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has been honoured with Player-of-the-Year award by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) for clinching the gold medal with a record-breaking score of 9/11 in the 44th Chess Olympiad at Mahabalipuram last year (2022).

* In March 2022, Gukesh became only the sixth Indian to break the 2700 Elo-rating mark, and the youngest Grandmaster from the country to be rated above 2700.

* The All India Chess Federation (AICF) bagged the ‘Most Active Federation’ award conferred during the ACF annual summit