Gukesh creates history and becomes The 18th undisputed World Chess Champion

[Texan]

14 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

Do Chess players also have something called form?

Kind of. But "form" tends to last long. Magnus is still the best player in the World irrespective of who wins the World Championship. Anand & Kramnik ruled the early 2000s, Kasparov before that.

 

Also, different players adapt to different formats better. E.g. Nepo was very good in candidates' tournament where each player plays an opponent only twice, but terrible in long format World Championship where the same player is played in multiple games over multiple days. He starts making elementary mistakes in later games.

[randomGuy]

Gukesh demeanor is slightly nervous, but words display confidence 

 

Ding seems more awake and relaxed than in recent times.

 

Could be a closely contested match. 

 

Rooting for India to present the youngest ever world champion in a fortnight or so.

 

 

[Vickydev]

On 11/23/2024 at 4:59 AM, coffee_rules said:

Do Chess players also have something called form?

Good question. Maybe lack of form is more pronounced than good form per se but also short lived for top players. It's usually a bad tournament or two when going through a rut

 

Overlooking easy tactics, making blunders, forgetting the sequence of moves to lines they have spent hours studying... Most players seem to go through this at least once

[Gollum]

Nerves will play a big part, more important than form/strength IMO, probably going to be a close match, in tiebreaks Ding has a clear edge.

 

Just don't care how Gukesh gets it done as long as he wins.

[Mariyam]

Gukesh plays with White pieces in the first game.

 

I think he will go for the jugular from the first game itself.

 

[Tillu]

The 1st win of the day is India winning against Australia in the first Test match.

 

The 2nd win of the day is Vidit getting married shortly.

 

Hope Gukesh makes it a triple.

[Vickydev]

French defense to begin things

[Tillu]

Ding is frozen on the 7th move. 30 minutes passed and he is yet to make the next move.

[Vickydev]

Gukesh is blitzing his moves so far. g4 is quite interesting.

 

He definitely has this line prepared

[Vickydev]

Prefer Black's position right now. Ding doing well

[Tillu]

Gukesh didn't trade the queen's and made a huge blunder. Black in winning position.

[Vickydev]

Never been a fan of Gukesh when time is a constraint. Just 23 moves made so far, he needs to find moves

[Vickydev]

Bloody play some moves Guki

[Vickydev]

made it with 4s..phew

 

[Tillu]

This game is lost. Hope he wins tomorrow.

[Vickydev]

Gukesh resigns

[Vickydev]

A loss with white pieces is a big setback for Gukesh. 

[Tillu]

He will make a strong comeback tomorrow.

[Texan]

Gukesh lost 

 

I was saying this before also. The reason Ding has been largely inactive or not playing well is because he is reserving all his best plays for this match. Gukesh played too many tournaments leading up to the World Championship. He should have instead used the time for preparation and kept some of his strategies secret. Ding had been learning from Gukesh's game and was able to surprise him right at the beginning. 

[Mariyam]

5 hours ago, Vickydev said:

A loss with white pieces is a big setback for Gukesh. 

 

5 hours ago, Tillu said:

This game is lost. Hope he wins tomorrow.

 

3 hours ago, Texan said:

Gukesh lost 

 

I was saying this before also. The reason Ding has been largely inactive or not playing well is because he is reserving all his best plays for this match. Gukesh played too many tournaments leading up to the World Championship. He should have instead used the time for preparation and kept some of his strategies secret. Ding had been learning from Gukesh's game and was able to surprise him right at the beginning. 

 

Gukesh took the initiative. Advanced his King's side pawns quite early in the game. Ensured that there would be no draw. He went for the kill. Great intent. When you have such clarity in thought and planning, you take into account the fact that risks don't always reward. Risky play is un Gukesh like, but planning in detail and prepping openings is. All said and done, this is a risk he planned for. 

 

I think Gukesh has shown that he is out here to win it as fast as he can. I am extremely optimistic.

Can't wait for game 2.