D Gukesh and Garry Kasparov (Agency Photo) Former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov shared his views on the current state of the World Chess Championship during the fifth round of the Sinquefield Cup. On Friday he commented on the recent title of Gukesh’s World Championship.After the departure of Magnus Carlsen from the world championship cycle in 2023, Ding Liren from China and Gukesh Dommaraja from India became 17 and 18. Gukesh created history by becoming the youngest world champion at the age of 18 when he defeated Ding in Singapore last year.
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Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!When Kasparov discussed the success of Gukesh as a teenage champion, he said, “Gukesh won the fair and square, but you can hardly call it the strongest player in the world. I don’t want to sound offensive, but I think Magnus ended the classic world champions. Kasparov later offered an apology while maintaining his attitude.“I’m sure there will be more excitement in the candidates and the next World Cup match. But I’m sorry. I have to apologize again and again. This is not exactly the title I had or Karpov had or had Fischer or Magnus.”These notes came when Gukesh played a draw against the Polish Grand Master Jan-Krzysztof Duda, who had previously helped him become a world champion.Kaspar’s perspective has a significant weight when he won six times the World Championship title, including four victories against Anatoly Karpov, and wins over Nigel Short and Viswanathan Anand.Together with Bobby Fischer and Magnus Carlsen, Kasparov is often considered one of the biggest chess players in history. He shortly served as Carlsen’s coach during his first career.Carlsen often recognized Kaspar as the largest chess player in sport history.
