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Russian Chess Federation president Andrei Filatov has questioned the manner in which Ding Liren lost to D Gukesh in Game 14 of the World Chess Championship 2024, allowing the 18-year-old Indian Grandmaster to become the youngest chess world champion of all time . The scores were tied at 6.-5-6.5 and Game 14 looked like was heading to tiebreakers before former champion Ding of China committed a blunder.
The 32-year-old’s mistake on the 55th move in an equal endgame led to the exchange of Rooks and Bishops , leaving Gukesh with a Pawn advantage as he clinched the World Chess Championship 2024 after 58 moves, following a surrender by Ding.
Russia wants FIDE to investigate Ding’s defeat
Russia’s Filatov, while speaking to Russia’s Russian news agency TASS, said that the manner in which experienced Ding lost looks like a “deliberate” defeat.
Filatov also said that the whole incident should be investigated by the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
“The result of the last game has caused bewilderment among professionals and chess fans,” Filatov told TASS. “The actions of the Chinese chess player on the decisive period are extremely suspicious and require a separate investigation by the FIDE. It is difficult for a pioneer in losing the position in which Dean Liren was. The defeat of the Chinese chess player in today’s game raises a lot of questions and looks like a deliberate one.”
Ding’s error in Game 14 has also been criticsied by former players including ex-world champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia who termed it as the end of chess. “No comment. Sad. End of chess as we know it,” Kramnik wrote on X.
FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich has played down the criticism, saying that mistakes are part and parcel of a game.
“Sports is about mistakes, without mistakes, there would be no goals in football. Every sportsman makes mistakes but that’s what we are excited about, whether the opponent can find the way to use a mistake,” Dvorkovich said during the World Chess Championship 2024 closing ceremony.
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