“ You cannot win everything ” – Firstpost

Gukesh Domomraju had a mixed race since he was crowned the youngest world champion in Singapore in December. The 18-year-old Indian Grand Master was a finalist in the Tata Steel chess tournament at Wijk Aan Zee, in the Netherlands, after losing against compatriot R Praggnanandhaa in Tie bris. Gukesh, however, spent a forgetable moment in Weissenhaus, Germany, where he finished 8th out of 10 competitors when the Grand Chem of Freestyle was opened.

Thinking about his performance since his defeat of Chinese GM Ding Liren to become the youngest world champion in the history of sport, Gukesh admitted that he “cannot win everything”.

“You can’t win everything. I’m going to watch them objectively and see where I can improve, “said Gukesh Sport.

Freestyle Chess “an interesting format”, says Gukesh

Gukesh had entered the Freestyle failure at the Luxury of the Nature of Weissenhaus of Weissenhaus as one of the favorites given his status as world champion.

The native of Chennai, however, did not win a single match throughout the event-undergoing a defeat of 0-2 against Fabiano Caruana in the quarter-final before losing his 5th-8th classification matches against Hikaru Nakamura and Alireza Firouzja.

Gukesh had also lost against the number 1 of the world n ° 1 Magnus Carlsen on the round stage, facing the Norwegian GM for the first time in any format since he became world champion. Carlsen would later finish third after losing his semi-final meeting with the possible champion Vincent Keymer.

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Regarding the Freestyle format, Gukesh described it as “interesting” while waiting for an improved performance in the second event – which takes place in Paris in April, where he will be joined by the compatriots Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi.

“It is an interesting format. I can’t wait to play the next free event in Paris from April 8 to 15, ”added Gukesh.

Gukesh is also looking forward to facing Carlsen in the chess event in Norway later this year, in which the world n ° 3 will face the best classified player in classic format for the first time since his quarter -finals meeting during the Fide 2023 World Cup.

“It will undoubtedly be a great learning experience by playing Magnus. I can’t wait to play my best, ”he added.