Gukesh on criticism from Carlsen and Kramnik: ‘Matches are determined not purely by chess, however by who has higher character’
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D Gukesh has performed down the criticism from Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik over the standard of play in World Chess Championship 2024. The brand new chess world champion Gukesh stated that you just additionally want ‘character and willpower’ to win the championship.
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New chess world champion D Gukesh of India has performed down the criticism from former champions Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik, who’ve always questioned the standard of the World Chess Championship 2024. Gukesh
grew to become the chess world champion by beating Ding Liren of China within the World Championship 2024 which completed on Thursday on the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore.
Gukesh gained the 24-game collection 7.5-6.5 to turn out to be the youngest chess world champion of all time at 18.
Russian Grandmaster Kramnik
has been fairly essential after a last-ditch blunder from Ding in Sport 14 resulted in Gukesh profitable the World Chess Championship 2024. “No remark. Unhappy. Finish of chess as we all know it,” Kramnik wrote on X.
‘Character additionally decides world championship matches’
Requested in regards to the questions over the standard of chess within the World Chess Championship 2024, Gukesh stated he’s “probably not” harm by Carlsen and Kramnik’s feedback as world titles are usually not gained simply by high-quality matches but additionally by willpower.
“I get that perhaps in a number of the video games, the standard was not excessive however I feel the world championship matches are determined not purely by chess however by who has the higher character and who has the higher willpower. And I feel these qualities, I did present fairly nicely,” he advised BBC.
The Indian chess Grandmaster additionally added that it was his first World Chess Championship and it took time for him to regulate to the competitors, however he managed to capitalise within the “essential” moments.
“And the pure chess half, it was not at a really excessive stage as I’d have favored it to be as a result of it’s a brand new expertise for me. So the workload was totally different, the strain was totally different,” Gukesh stated.
“It’s comprehensible that I used to be a bit off however I managed to strike on the essential moments, which I’m completely happy about,” he added.
Because of profitable the World Chess Championship 2024, Gukesh took prize cash price $1.35 million (Rs 11.34 crore roughly) whereas Ding gained $ 1.15 million (Rs 9.66 crore roughly).
