Amid heavy criticism from former World Champions over the standard of the D Guksh vs Ding Liren World Championship ultimate in Singapore, Worldwide Chess Federation (FIDE) president Arkady Dvorkovich on Friday stated errors in sports activities are half and parcel of the sport and fingers shouldn’t be pointed at gamers of this calibre for an error in a high-pressure scenario. Within the dying phases of the final sport (14th), defending champion Ding dedicated a blunder that allowed the 18-year-old Indian challenger to show the tables within the ultimate, which appeared prefer it was heading in direction of an inevitable tiebreak. Ding’s mistake was slammed by former champion Vladimir Kramnik, who termed it “childish”. The Russian Chess Federation chief went to the extent of calling Ding’s mistake “deliberate” and demanded an investigation.
India’s D Gukesh poses for images with the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024 trophy, in Singapore(PTI)
The FIDE president, nevertheless, downplayed the criticism surrounding the standard of the ultimate, which Gukesh gained, making him the youngest-ever world champion within the historical past of chess.
“Sports is about mistakes, without mistakes, there would be no goals in football. Every sportsman makes mistakes but that’s what we are excited about, whether the opponent can find the way to use a mistake,” Dvorkovich stated in the course of the closing ceremony of the championship.
He congratulated Gukesh and Liren for his or her efficiency within the showpiece.
Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik was not impressed with the standard of chess on show in the course of the match, calling it the “end of chess as we know it.”
In his response, Kramnik wrote on ‘X’, “No comment. Sad. End of chess as we know it. Never yet has a WC title been decided by such a childish one-move blunder.”
Carlsen raises questions over ultimate, Anand counters
5-time world champion, Norway’s Magnus Carlsen too has been crucial of the standard on show in earlier rounds, saying, “This does not look like a game between two World Championship contenders. It just looks like maybe the second round or third round of an open tournament.”
Nonetheless, legendary chess participant and five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand suggested Gukesh to disregard these questioning the usual of the World Championship title showdown, saying criticism all the time comes with success.
“I feel very happy. I was literally watching history being made yesterday,” Anand informed PTI Movies.
“It (criticism) comes with every match. To be honest, I think it just comes with the territory. You ignore it and that’s all.”
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