Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has shared his views on the present state of world chess championship through the Sinquefield Cup match’s fifth spherical broadcast. On Friday, he particularly commented on Gukesh’s current world championship title.Following Magnus Carlsen‘s departure from the world championship cycle in 2023, Ding Liren of China and Gukesh Dommaraju of India grew to become the seventeenth and 18th world champions, respectively. Gukesh made historical past by changing into the youngest world champion at age 18 when he defeated Ding in Singapore final yr.
Go Past The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!When discussing Gukesh’s achievement as a teenage world champion, Kasparov stated, “Gukesh received truthful and sq. however you possibly can hardly name him the strongest participant on this planet. I do not wish to sound offensive, however I feel Magnus ended the period of classical world champions. Gukesh’s world championship title could be very totally different. It is nonetheless clear that Magnus is the strongest and Gukesh is but to show his superiority over others. Even gamers of his age class. The spherical 1 sport in opposition to Praggnanandhaa on the Sinquefield Cup was very unimpressive. The foundations are the principles and the video games are the video games.” Kasparov later provided an apology whereas sustaining his stance.“I am certain there will likely be extra pleasure within the Candidates and the subsequent world championship match. However I apologise. I’ve to apologise again and again. This isn’t precisely the title that I had or Karpov had or Fischer had or Magnus had.”These remarks got here as Gukesh performed to a draw in opposition to Polish grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who had beforehand assisted him in changing into world champion.Kasparov’s perspective carries important weight as he received the world championship title six occasions, together with 4 victories in opposition to Anatoly Karpov, and wins over Nigel Brief and Viswanathan Anand.Alongside Bobby Fischer and Magnus Carlsen, Kasparov is usually thought-about one of many biggest chess gamers in historical past. He briefly served as Carlsen’s coach through the latter’s early profession.Carlsen has often acknowledged Kasparov as the best chess participant within the sport’s historical past.