Peter Heine Nielsen: ‘Gukesh’s team had courageous strategy vs Ding Liren’ | Chess News
Peter Heine Nielsen lets out a loud sigh as he contemplates his response to the tricky question he’s been asked. Gukesh or Javokhir Sindarov, who’s winning the upcoming World Chess Championship in six months’ time? Usually one of the most opinionated people in the sport, Magnus Carlsen’s Second weighs his words carefully. He gives the usual disclaimer about not knowing the two players too well personally. He points out that a World Championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik would be easier for him to predict. But predicting an outcome in a match between two 20-year-olds, that too largely unfamiliar to him, could be tricky. “If either player wins by three points, I would not be massively shocked,” Nielsen says with a shrug. “My expectations from the match are generally quite wide. Normally you have an idea what’s going to happen, but here, anything could happen. They are both very cool players, take a lot of risks, and have a lot of confidence.” Nielsen is a man who helped Carlsen win four of his …
