Can you believe it? He's only 17, a year younger than Pragg. I was so disappointed when Vidit lost to Nepo in the 11th round, but now Gukesh is just one step away from being the world chess champion.
Wow, just impressed by the chess following off late. Are most folks re entering chess after the COVID lockdown and Samay Raina vlogs?
Or has the interest always been there, just that my ignorance didn't let me notice it
Surely, I'll give a lot of credit to Samay Raina for making chess mainstream, and technology has helped spread it across the globe. Grandmaster Hikaru also increased interest with his funny commentary in live streams. And, of course, these 17- and 18-year-old grandmasters beating Hikaru, Magnus, and Nepo increased the hype.
Samay was the reason I started watching/ playing chess
Ding liren vs Gukesh final match is going to be very interesting. It is giving the vibes of USA vs USSR type chess match during cold war
1972
Bobby Fischer vs Borris Spassky
If anyone interested can watch the matches here :
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDnx7w_xuguGhujgzwiXmesCphP2j7Wtt&si=pleyFvEriGHGjziQ
Whole world witnessed this series of matches at that time.
The match was really insane
Aaaannd he won it
The great point is
People from Mexico, Spain, Brazil, and many more countries were rooting for Gukesh.
Just incredible ✨
Gukesh beats Ding Liren in world chess championship with 7.5-6.5 in the last classical game. Ding actually blundered in a rook bishop endgame where Gukesh had an extra pawn playing with the black pieces.
Gukesh had done the unimaginabl...
As a chess fan, I can’t even explain how happy I am right now! Was all set to watch the Rapid tomorrow,but then Ding blunders, and we have a new World Chess Champion! What a legend who made his dream a reality.
Even I stopped watching when it was a obvious draw. But Ding blundered and GG ho gya
