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Magnus Carlsen, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all-time, has given his prediction for the upcoming World Chess Championship match between champion Ding Liren from China and challenger Dommaraju Gukesh from India. The 33-year-old stated that Dommaraju Gukesh is “significant” favourite before heading into the prestigious match, and he expects him to dethrone world champion Ding Liren.
Notably, the World Chess Championship match between Ding Liren and Dommaraju Gukesh is set to happen from November 25 to December 13 in Singapore. Slated for 14 games, the World Chess Championship match requires a player to score 7.5 points or more, to be crowned champion, and for this edition, FIDE has changed the tie-breaker rules to better cater to the competitors in case the contest goes that far.
Dommaraju Gukesh was dominant in the Chess Olympiad: Magnus Carlsen
After storming through the competition in the recently concluded 45th Chess Olympiad for India, which they ended up winning in Budapest, Hungary, winning eight games and drawing the other two, Dommaraju Gukesh has showcased his credentials to go the distance to become the new world champion in classical chess. Magnus Carlsen alluded to his recent form and said to ChessBase India, as per Indian Express, “Gukesh has been quite vulnerable in some games. At the Olympiad he was, well, not vulnerable. He was dominant.”
The Norwegian went on to give his take on the upcoming World Chess Championship match, and remarked, “Obviously, Gukesh is a significant favourite. This is one of those matches where if Gukesh strikes first, he will win the match without any trouble. But the longer it goes without a first decisive game, the better it is for Ding. He has the ability. But he doesn’t have the confidence. Anything that can potentially give him that confidence could help him win that match.”
Furthermore, Magnus Carlsen has also picked Dommaraju Gukesh to win the World Chess Championship match in the Daily Take section of his newly launched chess app called Take Take Take.
