Ding liren, accused of deliberately losing to d gukesh, opens up on World Chess Championship Defeat | Chess news

Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren has opened up on his loss to India’s d gukesh at the world chess championship 2024 in Singapore Last Week. Ding, who was the defending champion, made a costly error in the decisive game 14, allowing gukesh to become the youngest ever world champion. Following his defeat to gukesh, Ding was accused of deliberately losing the match by russian chess federation chiff andrei filaatov. Russian News Agency Tass Quoted Filatov Asking The International Chess Federation (FIDE) to open a probe and investment the result.

Former World Champions Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir kramnik had also questioned the Quality of Chess on Display during the Whole Course of the 14-Game Tie Ding and Gukesh.

AMID Criticism, Ding has Defended Himself and Gukesh, Insisting that Quality of the Games was not so low.

“Yes, I tried my best in the match and you count see my usage of time. What’s the idea behind the novelty. Chessbase india,

“But in every game, his (gukesh) time would Evently Catch up my time after some long thout by he So low.

Meanwhile, gukesh secured the requise 7.5 points as against 6.5 of his chinese rival after winning the 14th and last classical time control game of the match that is the handed for a draw for a draw for Most Part. As Winner, He Will Walk Away With A Whopping UsD 1.3 Million (Approx Rs 11.03 Crore) from the 2.5 million prize Purse.