Who has been honoured with the ‘Player of the Year Award’ by the Asian Chess Federation?

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Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has been honoured with the Player of the Year award by the Asian Chess Federation (ACF). Grandmaster D Gukesh won the gold medal with a score of 9/11 at the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mahabalipuram last year. In March last year, 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. All India Chess Federation bagged the 'Most Active Federation' award during the ACF Annual Summit.