Former World Champion Magnus Carlsen, who left his title back in 2022 due to lack of motivation, has said that he won’t challenge Gukesh Dommaraju in the future. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Magnus Carlsen praised Gukesh Dommaraju and said that he deserved to be the champion.
“It’s not going to be me,” Carlsen said on Take Take Take YouTube channel. I mean, let’s talk about Gukesh and the match and so on. I’m not part of this circus anymore,” he added.
‘It was bit unexpected’ Magnus Carlsen on D Gukesh win
“Of course, this was something that was a bit unexpected. A lot of us thought that Gukesh was the favourite to win the match, but this was a game that never really took off. Gukesh was clearly fighting for the win. I think he was doing an excellent job to keep the game alive. But it all happened very, very suddenly. And that, I think, is what he explained later as well, that he was a little bit on autopilot, expecting it to go to tie brakes, and all of a sudden you get this chance, and it’s all over,” said Magnus on Game 14.
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Magnus also credited Ding Liren for showing resistance. “You can say all you will about Ding and the way that he played, but he actually did raise his level during this match,” he said. After winning the World Chess Championship, D. Gukesh has been receiving praise from across the world. Recently, the Tamil Nadu government announced a cash prize of Rs 5 crore for the new champion.
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