D Gukesh, who showed the good grace to congratulate Ding Liren after the match, wasn’t unduly bothered by such comments.
Heading into the final game, the two competitors were evenly matched, each having secured 6.5 points from the first 13 games.
D. Gukesh vs Ding Liren: The 2024 World Chess Championship match will feature 14 classical games.
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway feels that on current form Indian star D Gukesh is the favourite to win the World Chess Championship title against Ding Liren of China in the summit clash beginning later this month.
Russian chess legend Garry Kasparov doesn't consider the upcoming World Championship match between India's D Gukesh and China's Ding Liren as a contest between the world's top two players in the absence of five-time champion Magnus Carlsen.
With the International Chess Federation barring Russia for the war in Ukraine and China pulling out due to Covid concerns, Carlsen only has the US’ Fabiano Caruana for company at the top.
Chessable Masters tournament: R Praggnanandhaa faced China's Ding Liren in the finals
Pragg is scheduled to face world no. Ding Liren in a few hours.