Is Magnus Carlsen afraid of facing Gukesh in classical chess? World No 1 responds
Asked about the online community’s speculations if Magnus Carlsen was afraid of facing India’s Gukesh Dommaraju in classical chess, the Norwegian came up with a measured response. Classical chess just doesn’t cut it for him anymore. The world no 1 said in an interview Take Take Take: “Everybody has a lot of respect for Gukesh in classical chess. But I can tell you for sure that the reason why I am not playing a lot of classical chess is that I am not really motivated to play it. But for him, it’s different. It’s really his main thing.” In the recent interview, Carlsen also said: “If people think I was criticizing Gukesh too much it’s because I expect so much from him in classical chess. Similarly, in other formats, I might not be as critical because I don’t expect that much!” Story continues below this ad When asked if Gukesh is a worthy world chess champion in his opinion, Carlsen added: “He won the Candidates ahead of a field of world-beaters and he’s done incredibly …
