After a battling 72-move draw between Ding Liren and Gukesh in Recreation 7 of the world chess championship on Tuesday, former world champion Magnus Carlsen stated he was in awe of the opening concepts that Gukesh and his workforce discovered to shock the world champion.
Recreation 7 was the longest match of this 12 months’s world chess championship lasting 5 hours and half-hour.
“This was a incredible recreation. Actually couldn’t have requested for extra. Greatest recreation of the match to date. One that basically thrilled all people,” Carlsen stated on the Take Take Take app. “There was an enchanting thought from Gukesh within the opening and virtually completely new idea. Then he performed a very good recreation till a sure level. Ding began combating again and we bought a incredible back-and-forth battle. Ding discovered lots sources.”
Carlsen heaped reward on the opening utilized by Gukesh, crediting it to his coach Gregorz Gajewski, who’s recognized for his opening concepts. Gukesh’s 7.Re1 was a transfer that caught the Chinese language grandmaster off guard. He wiped out 28 minutes to play his reply (7…dxc4, the place Ding picked off an undefended pawn from Gukesh).
“We noticed an amazing shock discovered by the Gukesh camp. It was actually fairly spectacular. We don’t see these utterly new concepts that usually in a world championship match. Often the concepts that you just discover are tweaks to concepts which can be actually recognized,” stated Magnus Carlsen.
“It was very properly suited to the match state of affairs and Ding’s temperament. All of us anticipated Gukesh to go for e4. However as an alternative he finds one thing contemporary in a completely new course. It was fascinating to see,” added Magnus Carlsen. “You don’t play this type of opening if you happen to’re not extremely formidable with white items. Although they will need to have analysed to the purpose the place they knew this was secure to play with white, this takes guts to make use of on this state of affairs with the match tied. Simply to surrender a pawn and know that you just’re not getting it again.”
Magnus Carlsen had stated after Recreation 5 that he had not been impressed by Gukesh to date within the match. However that analysis appears to have modified considerably,
“I used to be actually impressed with how Gukesh performed,” Magnus Carlsen stated after the drawn recreation 7. “The best way Ding saved the draw was actually immaculate. Gukesh had some weak moments right this moment. Not hating on Gukesh. We simply have actually excessive expectations off him based mostly on what he’s carried out for a 12 months.”
Requested who has impressed him probably the most after seven video games, Carlsen stated: “Ding. Partly as a result of we didn’t have quite a lot of expectations.”
