Vladimir Kramnik on 18-year-old Gukesh’s World Chess Championship win: ‘Finish of chess’ | Chess Information

The 18th world champion is at age 18 4 years youthful than Garry Kasparov, who had been the youngest world champion since 1985 when he beat Anatoly Karpov.

Gukesh gained Thursday’s sport with the black items after Ding wilted below strain and blundered in what commentators thought of to be a snug place, snatching the title with a last rating of seven.5-6.5.

With the endgame dragging out into the fifth hour, Ding made a blunder which value him the sport, the match and the crown.

No remark. Unhappy. Finish of chess as we all know it

— Vladimir Kramnik (@VBkramnik) December 12, 2024

He known as Ding’s mistake infantile and wrote, “Nevet but WC title was determined by infantile one transfer blunder.”

Former world champion Kramnik had earlier ranted concerning the high quality of chess performed between Gukesh and Liren.

“Frankly, I’m very upset by right this moment’s sport (Recreation 6). Even Recreation 5 was not extraordinarily excessive stage, however right this moment it was actually — for knowledgeable — it was actually weak play from each gamers. It’s a really disappointing stage,” he had stated after the Recreation 6.

“It’s such an odd sport. Each gamers have been making mistake after mistake, strategical errors. As in the event that they don’t get the sense of the place.

“Perhaps I’m old-school nevertheless it’s fairly fundamental! In fact, they’re each nice gamers and nice calculators. They calculate fantastically.

“However I anticipate one thing a bit extra from a world championship match, like concepts! Human play, human ideas! If I wish to take pleasure in chess as only a sport of calculation, I’d moderately watch a world championship of chess engines!”