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World Chess Championship: ‘Mistake after Mistake’ – how ex-world champions described level of play in Ding Liren-Gukesh clash


By - 03 Dec 2024 08:53 PM
The match between Ding Liren, the current FIDE world chess champion, and D Gukesh, the challenger, got underway quickly. The Chinese grandmaster won the first game before letting his opponent tie the score in the third. After three straight draws, both players are tied with three points apiece going into Tuesday's Game 7.However, the caliber of play in the title matchup thus far has left former world champions Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik feeling let down.To be honest, I am somewhat dissatisfied with today's game (Game 6). Even Game 5 wasn't very good, but today's play was incredibly poor from both players, especially for a professional. During his analysis of game 6 on his YouTube channel, former world champion Kramnik blasted, "It's a very disappointing level.""This game is really weird. Both players were making strategic errors one after the other.
As though they don't understand the role. I may be outdated, but it's quite simple! They're excellent calculators and players, of course. They have amazing math skills. However, I anticipate a world championship match to be a little more, like an exchange of ideas! Human ideas, human play! I would much prefer watch a chess engines world championship if I wanted to appreciate chess as merely a computation game!