Garry Kasparov congratulated D Gukesh on turning into the youngest world chess champion. He acknowledged Gukesh’s achievement of reaching the head of chess.
“He has summitted the best peak of all: making his mom blissful,” Kasparov posted on X.
Kasparov famous Gukesh’s spectacular journey, overcoming obstacles and opponents, particularly contemplating his younger age.
“Gukesh impressively surmounted each impediment and opponent in his path, particularly contemplating his age, and nothing extra may be requested,” he stated.
Whereas Kasparov believes the standard format of the world championship ended with Magnus Carlsen‘s choice to not defend his title, he emphasised that this wasn’t the main focus presently. He said that this wasn’t related to Gukesh’s victory.
“That isn’t the story as we speak.”
Kasparov addressed criticisms relating to the standard of the match, significantly from Vladimir Kramnik. Kramnik steered the match marked the ‘finish of chess as we all know it’ resulting from quite a few blunders.
Kasparov disagreed, arguing the extent of play was excessive and corresponding to the earlier championship match. He identified that Ding Liren, Gukesh’s opponent, displayed robust resilience.
“The extent of play was fairly excessive, no less than equal to the earlier match. Ding confirmed nice resistance. As for the blunders, which world championship, or world champion, was with out them? I had my share, and recall the double blunder in Carlsen-Anand 2014, g6. Matches take a toll.”
Kasparov highlighted that blunders are part of chess championships. He even recounted a particular occasion from a earlier match between Carlsen and Anand.
He emphasised that Gukesh’s preparation and superior play led to his victory. He additionally celebrated India’s phenomenal 12 months in chess, linking it to the nation’s Olympiad dominance.
“Gukesh was well-prepared and the participant who performed the very best gained the match. His victory caps an outstanding 12 months for India. Mixed with Olympiad dominance, chess has returned to its cradle and the period of “Vishy’s youngsters” is really upon us!”
Kasparov praised India’s huge expertise pool, extending past chess.
“The long run is vibrant not solely in chess. The summit has been reached and now the aim should be to boost it even increased for the following ascent. Congratulations once more. Upward!”
He expressed optimism for India’s future and congratulated Gukesh as soon as extra. He additional used the metaphor of climbing to a summit.
