D Gukesh responds to Magnus Carlsen’s criticism of World C’ship victory, remarks ‘And the pure chess part, it was…’

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Dec 14, 2024 06:11 AM IST

D Gukesh responded to Magnus Carlsen, who criticised the standard of the World Chess Championship match between the Indian and Ding Liren.

D Gukesh reigned supreme in Singapore, as he defeated defending champion Ding Liren on the World Chess Championship on Thursday. The win made the Indian Grandmaster the youngest-ever world champion on the age of 18. The decisive Recreation 14 started on an equal footing, with Liren making an attempt his greatest to pressure a tie-breaker. However an enormous blunder by Liren noticed Gukesh come out on high with a 7.5-6.5 victory.

D Gukesh responded to Magnus Carlsen’s criticism.

After his win, Gukesh was extraordinarily emotional as he was seen crying his eyes out. In the meantime, it despatched social media right into a state of frenzy as followers started to congratulate him for his victory. However it was downplayed by former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, who took to X, and known as the match because the ‘end of chess as we know it’, expressing his displeasure with its high quality. Kramnik additionally labelled Liren’s blunder as ‘childish’. In the meantime, Magnus Carlsen additionally appeared to assist Kramnik’s views and seemed to be dissatisfied with the usual of the match. He known as it ‘a second or third-round match of an open tournament.’

D Gukesh responds to Magnus Carlsen

Gukesh was requested if he was harm by Carlsen’s feedback, and he had a distinct perspective. Talking to BBC World, he stated, “Not really.”

“I get that maybe in some of the games, the quality was not high but I think the world championship matches are decided not purely by chess but by who has the better character and who has the better willpower. And I think those qualities, I did show quite well.”

He identified that regardless of the low high quality of the match, he managed to carry out at essential moments. “And the pure chess part, it was not at a very high level as I would have liked it to be because it’s a new experience for me. So the workload was different, the pressure was different,” he stated.

“It’s understandable that I was a bit off but I managed to strike at the critical moments, which I am happy about,” he added.

Regardless of criticism from Carlsen and Kramnik, Gukesh obtained assist from India legend Viswanathan Anand. Gukesh had his FIDE coronation on Friday in Singapore, the place he was topped because the world champion.

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