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Magnus Carlsen during his lucifer astatine the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz connected Friday successful Kolkata. (Express Photo by Partha Paul)
Five-time satellite champion Magnus Carlsen was unequivocal erstwhile asked who helium thought was the favourite going into the upcoming World Chess Championship successful Singapore betwixt existent satellite champion Ding Liren and the 18-year-old challenger from India, D Gukesh.
“Based connected the existent form, Gukesh is simply a important favorite. But based connected highest chess ability, I deliberation it’s rather even. So if Ding tin regain that form, helium has a bully chance. Also, Gukesh was rather susceptible successful the past tourney that helium played. But each that aside, if I was to marque a prediction astatine this point, I’d spell with the feline who’s played by acold the champion chess of these 2 players implicit the past mates of years, which is Gukesh,” Carlsen said astatine a property league connected Friday aft winning the accelerated information of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament.
Over the past fewer months, Gukesh has been successful stellar signifier heading into the satellite title ever since helium won the ultra-competitive Candidates tourney successful Toronto. He’s since helped India triumph the Chess Olympiad successful Budapest with an idiosyncratic golden connected committee 1.
Carlsen did, however, propulsion successful a connection of caution for the Indian youngster.
“Each World Championship has its ain rhythm. It’s thing helium hasn’t experienced before, truthful I deliberation helium mightiness instrumentality immoderate clip getting into it. Ding astir apt justifiably feels that he’s the underdog, truthful possibly helium doesn’t person that overmuch to lose. Overall, it’s not a foregone conclusion. I deliberation that immoderate radical deliberation that this lucifer is astir a formality astatine this point, but I deliberation determination is much than a 50% accidental that this lucifer is rather even,” Carlsen said.
The archetypal crippled of the 14-match World Chess Championship volition beryllium played successful 10 days successful Singapore’s Resort World Sentosa.
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