The former main second of Magnus Carlsen called into question the ability of Gukesh to defend his world failure title in 2026. Jon Ludvig Hammer said that the challengers at the moment are as good as the world champion at the moment.
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The great master of Norwegian chess Jon Ludvig Hammer is the last to question the references of D GUKESH, because he believes that the current world champion is not as special compared to the potential challengers. The 34 -year -old hammer believes that having a world champion who is much better than others lends more “legitimacy” for the world champion and this is not the case with the Grand Master Indian Gukesh.
Gukesh won the title of the chess world in December 2024 after beating the Ding Liren in China in a 14 game championship. At only 18, Gukesh is also the youngest world failure champion of all time. He qualified for the World Chess Championship 2024 by winning the Fide candidates at the age of 17, which is another record.
Nevertheless, the world champion of adolescents has faced multiple criticisms since his championship winning, including that of the five -time champion Magnus Carlsen, who left the title in 2022.
Grandmaster’s failures Questions
Hammer, who was Carlsen’s second principal when he defeated the Grand Viswanathan Anandien to become the world champion for the first time in 2013, said that it was important for Gukesh to defend his title in 2026 to keep the aura throughout the world title.
“It would be great for failures if Gukesh has managed to maintain its title now for an extended period,” said the triple Norwegian chess champion Shoot. “We are now in a potential situation where the challengers and the champion are almost the same force, which could mean that we see the title passing from one player to another and that I think is not a good thing.”
Hammer added that a world champion should be someone who can keep the trophy for a long time.
“I like it when we had the Karpov, the Kasparov, the Carlsen, where there was a guy who was clearly better than the others, because he gives the title so much legitimacy.”
Earlier, Carlsen had criticized the use of the classic format to choose the world chess champion after Gukesh won the title.
Hammer’s criticism with regard to Gukesh also occurs at the time when the Indian director general behaved very badly in the Parisian leg of the Grand Slam Freestyle tour. He finished down, 11th in the classification.
However, it is important to note that Gukesh’s strength lies in its ability to make complex calculations on the set in conventional games. The world chess championship is also played in the classic format and not freestyle.
In addition, Gukesh is only 18 years old and still develops as a chess player. Despite his young age, the native of Chennai has already achieved a lot in his career.
