Hey world tournament A chess match that just took place in Singapore threatens to cause friction outside the board between China and Russia with India in the middle. It sounds strange, but it is one of the results a surprising victory of* Gukesh Dommarajuan Indian chess player who, at the age of 18, became the youngest world chess champion of all time, helping himself. Gary Kasparovwho was 22 when Moscow won that title almost three decades ago.
How Gukesh’s victory brought the kingdom between China, Russia and India is worthy of the best chess chronicles.
The new (and young) champion. It is not every day that something new is born world champion in the world of chess. For it is not every day that among the most select of the Great Masters the seniority is broken. Indian Gukesh Dommaraju has completed both. On Thursday, he played in a duel in Singapore and what will probably go down in the annals of chess, he prevailed (and dethroned) the champion until now, the Chinese. Ding Liren.
If those things were not in him, Gukesh adds a characteristic that pleases him the most: his age. Youthful age. He was born in May 2006, making him over 18 and a half years old. No one ever became a world champion when he was just a teenager. Until now the record was held by Garry Kasparov, who was a few years older (22) when Anatoly Karpov won in November 1985Moscow. Ding himself is 14 years older than Gukesh, born in 1992.
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“And suddenly . . . a change”. The quote is from Gukesh. After the game and still digesting the victory, the new world champion said the BBChow during the duel with Ding Liren he found “the most opportunities to achieve victory”, but every time he approached, he admits, he got the nerves out of him. For Diog had already assumed that he was facing a new game. But the error in movement 55 It ended up tipping the balance in favor of the opponent. Gukesh knew to seize the opportunity and the rest is chess history: champion with 18
“And suddenly… there was a sudden change. I couldn’t announce everything so quickly,” Gukesh recalls the moment he realized that luck was smiling at him. In the videos, his body language speaks for itself. “The time I realized was probably the best of my life,” says the Indian. He had a safe deposit box 2.5 million Gukesh’s prize dollars, in addition to the title; will take home 1.3″.
“One of the worst mistakes in 138 years”;. Insignificant on this occasion is the authority of Bryan Armen Graham’s column, which was described in this way yesterday his annals of* The guard He criticized the movement with dignity. “He made one of the worst mistakes in the history of the year 138” match play world championship.” Shortly after, he said, the champion of the champion moves after the completion of the valve after the game 58. Among the players were also those who shared their incomprehension, if not disappointment or anger, enthusiastically. played by Ding Liren.
Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik called Ding’s mistake directly “childish” and leaving a record how he had been disappointed in the quality of the duel in the nets. “No comment. Sad. The end of chess as we know it.” “Never before has a World Championship title been decided by such a childish mistake in one move.” tweeted some hours ago
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And Andrei Filatov came. And there is a comment that has generated a special movement in the world of chess. Both in origin and what it sounds like. After the game, the Russian businessman Andreas Filatov He not only shared his astonishment at what had happened in Singapore, but also appealed to the International Chess Federation.FAITH) to investigate him, casting a shadow of doubt on Liren Ding’s actions or his possible motives.
It wouldn’t matter much if it weren’t for the fact that Filatov isn’t another fan. For years he also served as the president of the Russian Chess Federation, CFR. His insinuations are serious and because of them they did not get much impact it already resonates TASS, the state news agency of Russia and one of the largest information agencies in the entire world. In X * He shared with them also Peter Heine Nielsen, a chess player and coach of Danish origin, tweeted that this morning he had about 140,000 views and a thousand. he wants.
What does Filatov say? Sow doubts and ask for clarification. “The outcome of the last game caused confusion among chess experts and amateurs.” Filatov reflects in statements reported by TASS: “The actions of Chinese chess at a decisive moment are very suspicious and require a separate investigation by FIDE. It is difficult to lose a chess player at the highest level in a position like that Ding Lizhen had. Hence, he asks that the doubts be resolved whether it was deliberate .
“He wasn’t in the best shape.”. Gukesh himself acknowledged that his opponent did not show his best side as a chess player in yesterday’s duel. “We all know who Ding is, how much pressure he has had to endure over the years. He is still world champion, but he is clearly in his best form here.” admits. “However, I want to emphasize that he fought a lot in every game.”
A complex journey. Gukesh refers to Ding’s “pressure” as neither accidental nor a simple act of warfare. The guard remember Ding became the first claimant of the men’s chess world last year in Kazakhstan, after his Russian opponent, Ian Nepomniachtchi, became in Kazakhstan. Since then, the Chinese player has only played 44 games and reached the Singapore tournament, drawing a long losing streak and falling in the world ranking.
19 days have passed since he won the world title, the Chinese player was treated let’s cut down on the animationswhich he also forced to break. Annales show about his game yesterday, although he started in the right place over Gukesh, Ding opted for a conservative game, first to pull the victory in his favor, then directly committing to condemning himself. “Fatal Error”.
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