Gukesh: ‘My want to win might be stronger than my worry of shedding… I’m a little bit of a risk-taker’
In Singapore, there have been a number of instances when he pressed for the sport to go on even when he was in a worse place on the board. Twice he declined a draw supply from his opponent even when he was in a worse place on the board. Requested about urge for food to take dangers in video games that had every little thing driving on them, Gukesh stated: “My want to win might be stronger than my worry of shedding. Perhaps it’s due to my younger age. I’m a extra bold participant. From the preliminary few video games, it was clear that Ding was not taking up the probabilities that he was given. So I had a bit extra freedom to push. I felt the liberty to push my luck a bit. He was doing nice at defending tenaciously. However he was not taking up the probabilities he had. On the whole, I agree, I’m a little bit of a risk-taker.”
Gukesh stated that he began to understand that Ding was enjoying cautiously within the second sport when he “went too simple on me”.
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