FIDE Candidates winner D Gukesh will face off towards environment winner Ding Liren of China in the Globe Championship in November-December this 12 months, revealed Emil Sutovsky, the CEO at FIDE, the international governing system for chess.
The venue for the Planet Championship has not been announced nevertheless.
Emil’s revelation arrived immediately after the 17-12 months-previous Indian grandmaster won the Candidates following holding America’s Hikaru Nakamura to a draw in the 14th and last round. With Ian Nepomniachtchi also participating in out a draw against Fabiano Caruana, Gukesh won.
Gukesh, competing at the prestigious 8-participant Candidates for the very first time, put up a brave demonstrate with his serene and composed fashion of participate in in a subject with massive names like Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi and Caruana.
Gukesh won 9 of the optimum 14 points, whilst Nakamura concluded with 8.5 points. He is only the next Indian player just after Viswanathan Anand in 2014 to win the FIDE Candidates match.
All over his last spherical match against Nakamura, Gukesh was also active next the result of the ridiculous recreation amongst Caruana and Nepomniachtchi, who was in a potent situation to acquire the title, but a attract in opposition to the Italian-American grandmaster spoiled Nepomniachtchi’s hopes.
Nepomniachtchi, the joint leader with Gukesh for most of the match, could have won the title experienced he beat Caruana in the closing round. He concluded with 8.5 points.
Gukesh’s Candidates profitable functionality produced him the contender to problem earth winner Ding Liren in the Championships remaining later this year. It also aided the Indian prodigy to surpass a file set by Kasparov 4 decades ago. Kasparov was 22 when he qualified in 1984 to problem compatriot Anatoly Karpov.