Recently, India’s D Gukesh had historically defeated China’s Ding Liren in the World Chess Championship. After which Gukesh became the youngest champion of the world. However, now the question is also being raised again whether world number one and five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen will return to classical chess to regain his vacated title in 2023. On which Magnus Carlsen himself completely rejected any such possibility.
Let us tell you that, in a review video on Gukesh’s victory on his channel Take Take Take on YouTube, Magnus Carlsen said that, this is not going to be me. I mean, let’s talk about Gukesh and matches and all that. I am no longer part of this circus. Magnus Carlsen also expressed his dissatisfaction with the current World Championship format.
Magnus said about Gukesh and Ding Liren’s 14th move that, of course, it was something that was a bit unexpected. Many of us thought Gukesh was a favorite to win, but this was a game that never really took off. Gukesh was clearly fighting for victory. I think he was doing a great job of keeping the game alive, but it all happened very suddenly. He also told the same thing later that he was a bit on autopilot, expecting it to go to tie-break and suddenly you get this opportunity and it is all over.
Credit also given to Ding Liren
Magnus also credited Ding Liren for showing resistance. That said, you can say what you want about Ding and his way of playing but he raised his level during the match. Earlier this year in April, Gukesh stunned the world by winning the eight-man Candidates Tournament in Toronto and becoming the youngest challenger for the World Championship by securing the top spot among the likes of Ian Nopomniachtchi, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. Have gone.