Magnus Carlsen hits out at D Gukesh, Ding Liren: ‘Does not seem like recreation between two World Championship contenders’

Ding Liren gained Recreation 12 towards D Gukesh to stage the rating at 6-6. Two extra Video games are remaining within the contest between Gukesh and Liren and the match will go all the way down to a tiebreak if wanted.

Nevertheless, the competition between Gukesh and Ding Liren has not impressed Magnus Carlsen one bit as he mentioned that the match between them seems like a “second spherical or third spherical of an open match.” He additionally got here down exhausting on Gukesh for making issues fairly simple for Ding.

“This doesn’t seem like a recreation between two World Championship contenders. It simply seems like possibly the second spherical or third spherical of an open match. It’s prefer it’s the stage the place you play any individual who’s like first rate with openings however you then simply win with class,” Carlsen mentioned throughout a podcast by the Take Take Take app.

“Ding has not needed to calculate a single line on this complete recreation. He’s been in a position to play the entire recreation simply based mostly on positional understanding which he’s excellent at,” he added.

In additional evaluation of Gukesh, Magnus Carlsen mentioned that the Indian ought to have used his level benefit, however that simply did not occur.

“It’s important to make it troublesome in your opponent. That’s when errors occur. When you play like the best way that he (Gukesh) performed right now, it is extremely simple for the opponent to play close to completely and win,” he mentioned.

Carlsen additionally said that Ding Liren is now clearly the favorite. “After a might of insane video games, Ding is the favorite although psychologically it’s going to be exhausting for each gamers,” mentioned Carlsen.

American Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura additionally agreed with Carlsen, saying, “I feel there’s little strain on Ding as a result of we’ve talked about how his possibilities enhance with the much less time format. So there’s little doubt that he has the benefit.”

The scoreline between Gukesh and Liren is tied at 6-6 after Recreation 12 and each of them have an equal likelihood of strolling away because the world champion.