FIDE World Chess Championship Singapore 2024: Official Discussion Thread

Fatigue, I am sure.

Plus, last year or so Ding has been having a rough time in his life outside of chess, I am told.

But even the GOATs have their bad days. Nobody's perfect.

Remember Fischer's infamous Bxh2?? in his first game versus Spassky?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQngcMtPCeQ

Its amazing the conspiracy theories that pop up on just about anything of note. Here are a couple of comments I saw concerning this accusation of Ding purposefully losing.

"It is really sad that the biggest names in Chess have more respect for a man who said "Meh, I'm too bored now, I will not defend my title", than it does for a man who went through immense mental and emotional struggles and still showed up and elevated his game to try to defend his title, or for the kid who earned his way to the table and showed immense composure at just 18 years of age."

"If you guys dont remember it was a Russian Player too , who accused Gukesh of cheating when He won Candidates .. so it was Obvious there would be someone who try to create some controversy around it , to feed their ego and ashamed soul and besides it doesn't matter now !! Nepo Lost 2 times on same stage , was He lost on purpose ?"

Well congrats to Gukesh!! he deserved this victory. Ding played well but again Gukesh was more accurate, he showed his class in the final game. The main thing is that he didn't give up and kept fighting till the end.. that shows his fighting spirit and not luck. Ding no doubt is one of the best players in the world with great defending skills.. but he got a bit uncomfortable in the endgame and that's why he blundered the rook. Psychological games can outplay any opponent irrespective of how skilled they are. 
 
 
 

yay

The long video with Magnus, Hikaru and Levy talking about the match is, first off, interesting and fun to watch, but secondly, also highlights the weird situation we are in with this World Championship. You would imagine that the WC match would be between the two players at the top of the chess mountain, like Kasparov and Karpov, Fischer and Spassky, Botvinnik and Petrosian, etc. But no, not in 2024. So you have this funny situation of Magnus and Hikaru dissecting a "World Championship" match between two lesser players. I'd say it's kind of demeaning to Gukesh, except one of the first comments Gukesh made after winning was that he knows he is not the #1 player in the world.

Gukesh

wow this is going on for along time after gukesk won when will it close (can you even close this thing)

Russia

thinks ding lost on propose why would ding miss out on the money 🤑

Gukesh may not win this time, but he'll surely be a world champion during his career

Gukesh won

The only reasonable explanation for Ding's blunder is that he suffered a physical collapse.

yes and its because he got a text message saying that china was preparing to launch nukes on singapore and USA and he didnt see that it said it would happen 12/16/24 10:00 EST

bro what do you mean ?🤔

did it happen? no it didn't😀

Gukesh IS world champion already, what do you mean he may not win this time?

Did Gukesh pull out of the World Rapid and Blitz Championships? I thought he was entered in them through the World Championship, but I can no longer find his name on the registered lists.

Gukesh did amazing!

Classic answer being the competitor was offered more money to lose.

But Russia is full of silly conspiracy theories. They either have proof, or they have hearsay

Maybe even this week.

True

or they are trying to get into headlines (beside the other thing you know )