Although D Gukesh faced Magnus Carlsen in the two Freestyle chess events that have taken place so far this year, losing the two games, the 18 -year -old will face the world’s number 1 in the classic format for the first time since his coronation of the world champion in Norway Chess later this year.
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Gukesh Domomraju did not have a big race in the Freestyle failures this year, the reigning classic world champion who has been the subject of consecutive events on the Grand Slam tour now. After having failed to win a single match at the opening event in Weissenhaus, Gukesh failed to progress in the quarterfin of the Paris leg earlier this week, finishing 11th out of 12 competitors at the end of the scene.
His campaign in the “City of Light” would then end with a defeat of 1.5-0.5 in the hands of Richard report in their match of the 9th to 12th eliminatory series.
Gukesh will not lack motivation or determination: Anand
Despite its difficulties in the unpredictable format which is Freestyle failures, the legend of Indian chess Viswanathan Anand supported Gukesh to lead a solid fight against the world champion n ° 1 and fivefold of the Magnus Carlsen world in Norway in Norway later this year.
“I expect a very exciting battle. Gukesh will not lack motivation or determination to go after Magnus Carlsen. But Magnus is also very motivated by the challenge of playing against our young players.
“I have seen him in several tournaments; be it Kolkata or the World Rapid Blitz, he is impatiently awaiting these games and we have the perfect storm. I think we have the right to expect large battles,” said Anand, five-time world champion and former World No. 1 himself, during an event organized by Mumbai.
It should be noted that even if Gukesh had a hard time in freestyle chess this year, he had a red race in classic format last year and almost won the Tata steel chess event in February, losing against R Praggnanandhaa in the BRIS.
And although Gukesh has lost his two meetings with Carlsen in the Grand Chelem tour of the Freestyle chess so far this year, he will face the 34 -year -old man in the classic format from his world champion at Norway Chess for the first time.
The event will take place between May 26 to June 6 and will present some of the biggest names in sport, notably Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Arjun Erigaisi and Wei Yi Yi in addition to Carlsen and Gukesh.
