{"id":128918,"date":"2024-11-22T20:45:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T13:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128918"},"modified":"2024-11-22T20:45:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T13:45:49","slug":"we-could-see-a-bloodbath-carlsen-co-on-the-ding-gukesh-world-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128918","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe could see a bloodbath!\u201d Carlsen &#038; Co. On The Ding-Gukesh World Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe could see a bloodbath!\u201d said GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/magnus-carlsen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magnus Carlsen<\/a> on the likelihood of decisive games in the Ding-Gukesh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/events\/2024-fide-chess-world-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIDE World Championship<\/a> that starts Monday in Singapore, with most grandmasters predicting an early knockout in favor of GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/gukesh-dommaraju\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gukesh Dommaraju<\/a>, though GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/fabiano-caruana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fabiano Caruana<\/a> goes for a win for GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/ding-liren\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ding Liren<\/a>. GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/hikaru-nakamura\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hikaru Nakamura<\/a> feels a Ding win would set chess back two-four years, while GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/garry-kasparov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Garry Kasparov<\/a> refuses to treat the event as a world championship match. We look at some of the many predictions made in recent weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ding and no doubt Gukesh are already in Singapore for the 14-game FIDE World Championship that starts at 4 a.m. ET, 10:00 CET, 14:30 IST this Monday, November 22.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I watched Ding Liren play football in Singapore this afternoon. He moved well, scored a few goals, including the first of the match, and even took on some goalkeeper duties. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CtkFLWYDS4\" rel=\"ugc nofollow noreferrer noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/CtkFLWYDS4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u2014 Olimpiu Di Luppi (<span class=\"username v-user-popover\" v-user-popover=\"'olimpiuurcan'\" data-popup=\"hover\" data-username=\"olimpiuurcan\">@olimpiuurcan<\/span>) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/olimpiuurcan\/status\/1859565433776636379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"ugc nofollow noreferrer noopener\">November 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/news\/view\/giri-vidit-predict-ding-vs-gukesh-match\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published the predictions<\/a> of GMs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/vidit-gujrathi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vidit Gujrathi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/anish-giri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anish Giri<\/a>, while most of the chess world\u2019s top players have been asked about the match, especially for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TakeTakeTakeApp\" rel=\"ugc nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Take Take Take<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FIDE_chess\" rel=\"ugc nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FIDE<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@STLChessClub\" rel=\"ugc nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saint Louis Chess Club<\/a> YouTube channels. Let\u2019s take a look at some of the main points they made. \u00a0<\/p>\n<ol>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"#gukeshfavorite\">Gukesh is the clear favorite<\/a><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"#if\">If the old Ding turns up we could get a great match<\/a><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"#dingearly\">Ding will get chances, but needs to strike early<\/a><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"#experienceyouth\">Ding has experience, but Gukesh\u2019s youth can also be a strength<\/a><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"#nothingtolose\">Ding (and Gukesh) have little to lose<\/a><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"#caruana\">Caruana predicts a Ding win<\/a><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"#badforchess\">A Ding win would be bad for chess?<\/a><\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"#notworldchampionship\">Ding-Gukesh is not a world championship match?<\/a><\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ol>\n<hr\/>\n<h2><a id=\"gukeshfavorite\"\/>1. Gukesh is the clear favorite<\/h2>\n<p>Gukesh has risen to world number-five and was the top performer at the 2024 Chess Olympiad, while Ding has dropped to world number-23 after failing to win a classical game since Wijk aan Zee in January. Unsurprisingly, that\u2019s made Ding the favorite in almost everyone\u2019s eyes. Here&#8217;s just a sample:<\/p>\n<p>GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/arjun-erigaisi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arjun Erigaisi<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it will be a massacre\u2014Gukesh will just crush, I think!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 Arjun Erigaisi on the FIDE World Championship Match between \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 Ding Liren and \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 Gukesh D!\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W6PnxAGd-vM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/leinier-dominguez-perez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leinier Dominguez<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDing has been completely out of shape in the last couple of years or so, so of course it\u2019s easy to say that Gukesh is a big favorite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/wesley-so\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wesley So<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve talked to a lot of grandmasters and they all think that the match won\u2019t last 14 games. So we\u2019ll see\u2026 Who\u2019s going to win? The higher-rated one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hikaru Nakamura:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGukesh is a very clear favorite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garry Kasparov:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking at the performances of both players, it looks heavily in favor of one of them, of Gukesh, simply because Ding has been completely out of shape in the last couple of years or so, so of course it\u2019s easy to say that Gukesh is a big favorite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/wei-yi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wei Yi<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a friend and teammate in the national team of course I think maybe it\u2019s better if Ding Liren wins, but as a chess player, a chess fan, maybe, Gukesh has the better chance.\u201c<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"if\"\/>2. If the old Ding turns up we could get a great match<\/h2>\n<p>As well as seeing Gukesh as the favorite, almost everyone has mentioned that if the old Ding, who was world number-two in 2019, or even the Ding who won against GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/ian-nepomniachtchi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ian Nepomniachtchi<\/a> in the 2023 match, turns up, we could get a great fight.<\/p>\n<p>GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/judit-polgar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judit Polgar<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will very much depend on Ding. Can he stabilize himself, get in a good mood, great form, and show his ability he gained over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garry Kasparov:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf [Ding] can recover, miraculously, then it will be an interesting fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/maurice-ashley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maurice Ashley<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf somehow Ding Liren can bring that old magic back and get himself right, it should be a fantastic match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/viswanathan-anand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Viswanathan Anand<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s clear that Ding is suffering a bit, and the only thing is, there\u2019s always light at the end of a tunnel. He\u2019s also got to keep fighting and working, because you never know when he\u2019ll come out of this struggle that he\u2019s in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 Vishy Anand on the upcoming FIDE World Championship match between \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 Ding Liren and \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 Gukesh D!\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hptWc9bEPVc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s clear that Ding is suffering a bit, and the only thing is, there&#8217;s always light at the end of a tunnel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Viswanathan Anand<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/sam-shankland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Shankland<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that if Ding can bring his form from a few years ago\u2026 back then I thought he was the second best player in the world and I think he still would be if he could bring that version of himself. I\u2019m not super-optimistic that he will, but I think it will depend a lot more on Ding than it will on Gukesh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/peter-heine-nielsen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Heine Nielsen<\/a>, meanwhile, talking on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newinchess.com\/blog\/post\/nic-podcast-46-gm-peter-heine-nielsen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New in Chess podcast<\/a>, noted that even if Ding gets back to his best it won\u2019t be easy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA half year ago, a year ago, my feeling was that Ding\u2019s advantage is that he\u2019s still the better player, and I think it\u2019s mainly that thing that has changed in me, that maybe actually Gukesh is the better player simply, and that of course adds tremendously to Gukesh\u2019s chances. Now, if we have this assumption, it means that Ding not only has to recover, but he has to beat a player who\u2019s at least on his level, and that\u2019s going to be a lot to ask.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"dingearly\"\/>3. Ding will get chances, but needs to strike early<\/h2>\n<p>One theme of some of the discussions, particularly between IM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/levy-rozman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Levy Rozman<\/a> and Carlsen, is that Ding will get opportunities, but he has to take them.<\/p>\n<p>Magnus Carlsen:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Ding will get the first big chance. I could see a scenario where Ding gets two or three massive chances in the first five-six games, and he absolutely has to take them. Ding cannot lose the first game. He managed to come back against Ian, but from what we\u2019ve seen from Ding for the last 1.5 years, I don\u2019t think he\u2019ll come back from losing the first game, so I agree, hesitantly, that he\u2019s going to be the first person to win a game, but I\u2019m very uncertain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who Will Win? Magnus Predicts World Championship Match\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QzGM3nOFmoc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ding cannot lose the first game.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Magnus Carlsen<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/david-howell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Howell<\/a> agreed:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s one big if, and everything depends on Ding starting strong. If he doesn\u2019t start strong in the match, if he loses early, I can see his head dropping, the confidence just falling through the floor and I don\u2019t see any chance of bouncing back, so I think Ding needs to strike first. It just depends on the first few games. He cannot lose\u2014it\u2019s that simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Magnus Carlsen is expecting entertainment:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only way there\u2019s going to be a low number of decisive games is that Ding gets chances and keeps missing them. We could see a bloodbath. What I hope to see in that sense is what we had with Ding against Nepomniachtchi, where they just kept trading blows, because they played really risky chess sensing that the other was vulnerable, and also neither of them could defend at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"experienceyouth\"\/>4. Ding has experience, but Gukesh\u2019s youth can also be a strength<\/h2>\n<p>Viswanathan Anand summed up the debate about 32-year-old reigning champion Ding taking on his 18-year-old challenger:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery word can be seen from two angles. You can say inexperience, but you can say youth and freshness. You can say experience, but you can say jaded, so there\u2019s a positive word and a negative word you can pull out of everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You can say inexperience, but you can say youth and freshness. You can say experience, but you can say jaded.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Viswanathan Anand<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Many views pointed to how mature and ready Gukesh appears.<\/p>\n<p>Maurice Ashley:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a young challenger who looks phenomenal. He\u2019s just 18. Is he 28 or 38, he looks so experienced, so calm at the board. Nothing seems to ruffle him in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anish Giri:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe crown will not look weird on his head. Maybe it\u2019s a bit early. He could have gotten it maybe in a year or two, but why not give it to him in advance?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The crown will not look weird on his head.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Anish Giri on Gukesh Dommaraju<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Judit Polgar:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously [Ding] has much better experience, I would even say he has a better knowledge, but you know how chess is, chess is not about knowledge or experience only. I can tell you about that, as I was the one who was beating very experienced, great players at the time. It\u2019s a sport, and it depends who is going to be in better form, who is going to be better guessing the preparation part of the match, and, mentally, how they can stand the pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddfa Judit Polgar on \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 Ding Liren vs \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 Gukesh D!\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JIl25jHg1VU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>But Ding has also been there before. IM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/sagar-shah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sagar Shah<\/a> characterized Ding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe peaceful warrior. There\u2019s always a lot of peace, looking at him, but deep within he has this warrior-like attitude to beat everyone, and at some point I did feel he was the biggest nemesis of Magnus, when he crossed 2800, he was in India for Tata Steel Chess India and he beat him twice. He\u2019s just this calm guy who has the killer attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ding\u2019s resilience was most in evidence when he came back after losing against Nepomniachtchi in their world championship match, while playing a match before is where many observers feel Ding may have a real edge. Magnus Carlsen described the challenge:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think people realize that the world championship is a very tough thing. One thing is preparing, but I don\u2019t think you quite can prepare for the intensity of the championship without actually playing it, and a lot of people find it tough both to play but also to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I don&#8217;t think you quite can prepare for the intensity of the championship without actually playing it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Magnus Carlsen<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.chesscomfiles.com\/uploads\/v1\/images_users\/tiny_mce\/Colin_McGourty\/php1WDdBU.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; aspect-ratio:1600\/1069\" class=\"imageUploaderImg img-defer img-defer-placeholder\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1069\"\/>&#13;<figcaption class=\"figcaption\">Ding Liren was overwhelmed with emotion when he won the title in a playoff against Ian Nepomniachtchi. Photo: Maria Emelianova\/Chess.com.<\/figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Others brought up Carlsen\u2019s first match, where he was so nervous he toppled over a pawn on his first move in an early game. Carlsen\u2019s second at the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/jon-ludvig-hammer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Ludvig Hammer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very comparable to Magnus\u2019 match, the first one he had against Vishy Anand, because coming into that Magnus was the big favorite, he was the higher-rated player, even though he was not the reigning world champion. He still had the stress of competing in such a tense battle for the very first time\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/sam-sevian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Sevian<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Gukesh will win but it will take him a while before he wins the first game, sort of like Magnus against Vishy in their first match, it took Magnus a couple of games, they made some draws, there\u2019s some nerves in the beginning, I think, so it\u2019ll be a close match.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"nothingtolose\"\/>5. Ding (and Gukesh) have little to lose<\/h2>\n<p>A couple of players noted that Ding, despite holding the title and having $200,000 at stake in each game, has surprisingly little to lose.<\/p>\n<p>Wesley So:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ding has nothing to lose. To win the title, the biggest title in chess, even if you don\u2019t win anything else, you\u2019re already done, you\u2019re set for life. I\u2019m very proud of him for winning the world championship title and you\u2019re very young, you have a full life ahead of you. We love you and we care for you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To win the title, the biggest title in chess, even if you don\u2019t win anything else, you\u2019re already done, you\u2019re set for life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Wesley So<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.chesscomfiles.com\/uploads\/v1\/images_users\/tiny_mce\/Colin_McGourty\/phpxgFKb7.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; aspect-ratio:1200\/673\" class=\"imageUploaderImg img-defer img-defer-placeholder\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"673\"\/>&#13;<figcaption class=\"figcaption\">Wesley So is in Singapore, where he watched, here with Danny Rensch, as Magnus Carlsen took on Fabiano Caruana on a yacht.<\/figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Magnus Carlsen (on what advice he\u2019d give Ding):<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In his position, I would try and think that everything that\u2019s happened in the last few years, none of that matters if he wins the world championship\u2014all of that will be very quickly forgotten. So he has very little to lose and just treat every game like it\u2019s a normal game. Try to put himself in a position, what would I have done five years ago?&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Everything that&#8217;s happened in the last few years, none of that matters if [Ding] wins the world championship\u2014all of that will be very quickly forgotten.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Magnus Carlsen<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gukesh, meanwhile, has a great chance to win the title, but also time on his side.<\/p>\n<p>Judit Polgar:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor Gukesh it\u2019s the first try\u2014it\u2019s not the last try!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"caruana\"\/>6. Caruana predicts a Ding win<\/h2>\n<p>When GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/levon-aronian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Levon Aronian<\/a> was asked for a hot take on the match, he commented, \u201cI don\u2019t want to be boring, so let\u2019s say, Ding is going to win convincingly!\u201d but it was clear his heart wasn\u2019t in it. Fellow St. Louis resident Fabiano Caruana, however, was much less sure, and in one interview when asked simply to state who would win, he went for Ding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d still maybe go with Ding. I know this is very controversial because his form hasn\u2019t been good, but the pressure will be different and Ding maybe has a bit more experience in that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 Fabiano Caruana on \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 Ding Liren vs Gukesh D \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IN1Y62vn5q8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>In another interview where Caruana nevertheless stated that Gukesh was the favorite, he added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough Gukesh plays very, very well and sometimes dominantly well, like at the Olympiad, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s possible to dominate the world championship match. I think we also expected the last world championship, Ian was winning game two and then we thought, OK, he\u2019s just going to win, he\u2019s winning with Black in the opening, he\u2019s going to win this match easily, and then something strange happens. So that\u2019s what happens when you put pressure on people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s possible to dominate the world championship match.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Fabiano Caruana<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Caruana knows what he\u2019s talking about, since he made 14 draws against Carlsen in an incredibly tense world championship match in London in 2018.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"badforchess\"\/>7. A Ding win would be bad for chess?<\/h2>\n<p>Western chess has failed to catch fire in China despite China having won all the individual and team titles possible, while the potential of chess in Indian looks limitless. Hikaru Nakamura commented:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince you want hot takes, I would say I tend to think about things in a way where everything happens for a reason. I think that if we are objective about the situation, a Ding win would be very bad for chess. With all the interest in India at the moment I think that a Ding win would perhaps set chess back by two or four years.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Ding win would perhaps set chess back by two or four years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Hikaru Nakamura<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.chesscomfiles.com\/uploads\/v1\/images_users\/tiny_mce\/Colin_McGourty\/phpYzknbI.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; aspect-ratio:1619\/1080\" class=\"imageUploaderImg img-defer img-defer-placeholder\" alt=\"\" width=\"1619\" height=\"1080\"\/>&#13;<figcaption class=\"figcaption\">Ding Liren&#8217;s win over Hikaru Nakamura in the final round of the Madrid Candidates Tournament earned him a world championship match, and ultimately the title. Photo: Maria Emelianova\/Chess.com.<\/figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>GM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/amin-tabatabaei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amin Tabatabaei<\/a> expressed a similar view:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think for the chess world it would be better if Gukesh wins the title, because we had Ding as a world champion and nothing really improved since then, I mean from Ding being World Champion, but I think if Gukesh becomes World Champion with all the India support we will have some changes, some better tournaments, many different things, so I think for the chess world it would be better if Gukesh wins.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"notworldchampionship\"\/>8. Ding-Gukesh is not a world championship match?<\/h2>\n<p>Kasparov didn\u2019t hold back when asked for a hot take on the match:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy hottest take is that I don\u2019t treat it as a world championship match. For me a world championship match was always the match for the title of the best player in the world. I think the history of the world championship matches, it started, by the way, here in St. Louis, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/wilhelm-steinitz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steinitz<\/a> facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/players\/johannes-zukertort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zukertort<\/a> back in 1886, has ended with Magnus Carlsen. There were 16 world champions, you could call them at every given moment the best players. It\u2019s those who took the title by beating the best player. With all due respect, Ding playing Gukesh, it\u2019s an important event, it\u2019s still a FIDE event, it\u2019s an \u201cofficial title,\u201d but these days with all the modern technologies, with chess getting faster and faster, with our lives getting also faster, to keep an antiquated system of qualification, 18 months, or longer, to select the challenger, it\u2019s not adequate&#8230; It\u2019s an event that has nothing to do with the main idea of the world championship\u2014to decide, to define the best player on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The history of the world championship matches&#8230; has ended with Magnus Carlsen. There were 16 world champions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Garry Kasparov<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hot Takes! The World Championship: Ding vs. Gukesh | #Chess9LX\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VVBH7nWzfkI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>Carlsen\u2019s coach Peter Heine Nielsen hit back, pointing out that Kasparov had said the same about the Anand-Gelfand match in 2012 (Anand went into the match ranked 4th, Gelfand 20th), and pointing out, \u201chistorically, we have been a bit spoiled that world championship matches to quite a degree have been between the two best players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomehow in chess we have difficulties with the idea that we\u2019re just a sport. I think we\u2019re becoming more and more of a sport, but we have also had this that chess is fully just, it\u2019s also a science, and there\u2019s a bit of art. This idea that it\u2019s a bit random who wins the Candidates, and if the world champion is not the strongest player then you\u2019re lucky to play him. Let\u2019s take cycling, for instance. Who wins the world championship in cycling is a complete mess and not necessarily the best player, the best cyclist, and that everybody is cool with. In chess, for some reason, we don\u2019t like this idea that the world champion is not necessarily the best player in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In chess, for some reason, we don&#8217;t like this idea that the world champion is not necessarily the best player in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Peter Heine Nielsen<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We could add, however, that no one would be surprised if Gukesh grows into the world&#8217;s best player, while a few years ago the question of whether Ding was the best chess player on the planet was one you could legitimately ask.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>What are your predictions for the upcoming Ding-Gukesh FIDE World Championship match?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous World Championship Coverage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chess.com\/news\/view\/carlsen-ding-gukesh-world-championship-predictions\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe could see a bloodbath!\u201d said GM Magnus Carlsen on the likelihood of decisive games in the Ding-Gukesh FIDE World Championship that starts Monday in Singapore, with most grandmasters predicting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128918\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128918\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}