Magnus Carlsen, “Gukesh is significant favorite for World Chess Champion 2024” (VIDEO)
The World Chess Championship 2024 is set to take place between November 25 and December 13, 2024, in Singapore. This event will feature a match between the reigning world champion, Ding Liren from China, and the challenger, Gukesh Dommaraju from India, to determine who will be the World Chess Champion 2024. Few days remain to the start of the World Chess Championship 2024 and Chessdom continues its countdown with daily news, interviews, videos, and expert opinions.
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World’s N1 player Magnus Carlsen took his time to respond about the chances of Gukesh and Ding Liren during his strong run at the Tata Steel Rapid and Blitz
Magnus Carlsen says, “I think I am not going to have anything particularly unique to say about the match. Based on current form, Gukesh is a significant favorite. Based on peak chess ability, I think it’s quite even. So if Ding can regain that form, he has a good chance. Also Gukesh was quite vulnerable in the last tournament that he played but all that aside, if I was to make a prediction at this point, yeah I’d go with the guy who has played by far the best chess of these two players over the last couple of years which is Gukesh. Each World Championships sort of has its own rhythm. It’s something he hasn’t experienced before. So I think he might have to take some time getting into it. Ding probably justifiably feels that he is the underdog. So maybe he doesn’t have that much to lose. Overall it’s not a foregone conclusion. I think that some people think that this match is almost a formality at this point. I think that there is more than a 50% chance that this match is quite even.”
Carlsen, “Gukesh is the favorite for World Chess Champion 2024”