‘Ding Liren’s blunder vs D Gukesh didn’t…’: Viswanathan Anand brutally silences Magnus Carlsen, chess legend

However a large blunder within the fifty fifth transfer by the Chinese language Grandmaster noticed him resign and concede to Gukesh. The victory despatched the chess world right into a meltdown, as a 12 months in the past, Gukesh wasn’t even anticipated to problem Liren for the title. However the Indian Grandmaster surprised everybody to win the Candidates Event, to qualify for a showdown with Liren.

Gukesh obtained praises and tributes from present and former chess gamers, however some had a damaging response. World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, who can also be Gukesh’s former coach, criticised the match, and labelled Liren’s mistake as a child-like blunder which modified the sport straight away.

Viswanathan Anand silences Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik

Talking throughout a latest occasion, India chess legend Viswanathan Anand got here up with the proper response to silence the likes of Carlsen and Kramnik, for his or her criticism of Gukesh’s World C’ship victory. Anand identified, “Gukesh by no means actually modified the technique of pushing. Sudden issues occurred throughout the match, however he was there the subsequent day, pushing once more. The rook [blunder] didn’t occur in a vacuum.”

Gukesh additionally had his personal response to Carlsen after his win in Singapore, stating that he understood that the standard of the video games weren’t all the time upto to the mark, however general it was a superb championship match. Gukesh additionally challenged Carlsen to the title, however the Norwegian has already denied such a improvement.

Gukesh skipped the year-ending World Fast and Blitz Championship, and can return to motion this 12 months, as he’s set to tackle the likes of Anand and Magnus Carlsen. In the meantime, within the newest FIDE rankings, he’s World No. 5, and India’s No. 2.