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🏆 A clash of titans - a new Chess world champion - Gukesh Dommaraju vs Ding Liren. 18 years old. 👏 What a match, disputed until the very end, under a lot of pressure. An honor for India, and kudos to the grace with which Ding conceded defeat. 📈 Business lessons: ✅ Master the technique, then bend it to reinvent and adapt. ✅ Time management, strategic planning (real one), prepare and surprise the competition, constant forensics and lessons learned. ✅ Your trusted “war room” and analytics team, rocking it behind the scenes. ✅ How important it is to have smart people leading performance. Yes, the good old IQ. Select the best. ✅ How critical is to invest and create ecosystems of excellence. Including women, of course. Well done India (Gukesh isn’t the only one) - Erigaisi, the Vaishalis (Praggnanandhaa/Rameshbabu)… this isn’t happening by chance, it’s been years in the making. ✅ The importance to have star mentors / coaches helping you grow exponentially. The legendary Viswanathan Anand ! ✅ Awesome observers and commentators to which you listen - the equally legendary Susan and Judit Polgar sisters ! ✅ And perhaps, the most important - humility. Look at how he is crying and hugging his father after winning. Awesome.