After 18 days, 635 moves and 56 hours of exhausting war waged over the chess board in Singapore, Gukesh Dommaraju has allowed himself a small break from playing chess. It’s not voluntary. Becoming the youngest world champion in history has come with its own set of demands on his time: from the media, politicians and well-wishers. That’s why in the 10 days since Gukesh became the world champion, he’s spent more time away from the board than he had allowed himself the luxury of doing in the past decade. “The last few days I’ve just been trying to relax and refresh my mind and body because the whole of last year has been very intense. There was a lot of discipline and hard work required. So I’m trying to take it easy now. But I will be getting back to chess pretty soon,” Gukesh tells The Indian Express while he’s in transit from one public appearance to another. “I already feel the enthusiasm to get back to chess and play in the next tournament, but …