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Magnus Carlsen defeated Gukesh. (Screengrab)
Grand Master Magnus Carlsen lauded 18-year-old World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju but astatine the aforesaid clip criticised the youngster for not being “brave” erstwhile it mattered the most. In the past crippled of the circular robin stage, Gukesh was handed a decision by former satellite champion Magnus Carlsen.
“I deliberation the crippled was precise decent for a agelong time. I was precise blessed to get successful this antagonistic onslaught successful the centre with e4, e5. I thought, I don’t know, I thought similar my queen is controlling the diagonal, I ever person these tricks with going rook e8 and past agelong castling and it felt similar his presumption was a spot shaky,” Magnus told Take Take Take.
“Somehow I’d seen that helium could play d4 but I was similar one, hoping possibly helium wouldn’t play it, two, hoping that I would find thing and I checked it concisely afterwards, really determination is thing with queen e8 and ip5, I mean that’s truly hard to find.
Final moments from @DGukesh vs. @MagnusCarlsen. @chess_freestyle pic.twitter.com/pSpkrvmdGD
— Take Take Take (@TakeTakeTakeApp) February 8, 2025
“So aft that I was a spot disappointed due to the fact that past the presumption was conscionable adjacent and honestly aft that I deliberation it was conscionable deficiency of acquisition connected his portion due to the fact that helium conscionable took excessively galore chances and past erstwhile it was clip to beryllium a small bit, helium was truly brave and past erstwhile it was clip to beryllium brave again helium retreated but by the clip helium retreated it was precise hard to clasp this presumption successful practise and astatine that constituent I thought my winning chances were great.”
During the World Chess Championship against the reigning satellite champion Ding Liren, Magnus Carlsen had said helium was not impressed with Gukesh. Carlsen has criticised Gukesh’s timepiece handling, and the mode helium went into an endgame erstwhile it didn’t look necessary.
“No, no, I deliberation the endgame itself was wholly fine, of people I person this protected walk bonds but his pieces are truthful good placed that helium should ne'er truly get successful trouble.
"It was conscionable deficiency of acquisition connected his part. Because helium took excessively galore chances and helium was truly brave, but erstwhile it was clip to beryllium brave again, helium retreated." @MagnusCarlsen connected his crippled against @DGukesh pic.twitter.com/98fqFlmle8
— Take Take Take (@TakeTakeTakeApp) February 8, 2025
“I deliberation it was later, helium could person for lawsuit exchanged rooks astatine immoderate constituent which is conscionable a dormant gully astatine a mates of points and it’s a happening we talked astir earlier arsenic well, helium wasn’t truly playing by hand, helium was trying to bash a small spot excessively much.”
Despite playing retired 7 draws (and being handed 2 defeats by Alireza Firouzja and Carlsen), Gukesh has qualified for the quarter-finals successful Weissenhaus aft ending successful eighth spot retired of 10 contenders. Gukesh volition instrumentality connected Fabiano Caruana successful the past eight.
“I deliberation honestly determination was not a azygous constituent successful the crippled wherever it was realistic that helium could play for a win, that hasn’t stopped him from playing for a triumph successful the past but I deliberation the applicable chances were ever with me, particularly with the clip and what mostly happens determination is that erstwhile things commencement going downhill they conscionable illness due to the fact that arsenic soon arsenic I get my pieces going this pawn, if not located, is conscionable unstoppable,” said Carlsen.
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