For someone who has lived in the spotlight for the better part of the past four years, Gukesh D rarely does interviews. Which is a pity, because despite being just 20, he is one of the most articulate athletes in Indian sport, someone with an ability to think as deeply about his career as he does about a position on the board, his mind whirring like a calculator. The world has spent the last 18 months trying to analyse what’s gone wrong with his results since he became a world champion at 18 in December 2024. Gukesh has his own analysis. In one of the most candid interviews he’s done in his career, Gukesh spoke about managing expectations of the rest of the world; his objectivity in games getting clouded by him wanting the result too much; being serious about the process, but relaxed about the results; losing motivation for some months after becoming world champion and lot more. Excerpts: With how the year has gone, how do you look at the rest of the …