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Magnus Carlsen Makes Big Prediction Ahead Of D Gukesh vs Javokhir Sindarov World Championship Clash

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Magnus Carlsen Makes Big Prediction Ahead Of D Gukesh vs Javokhir Sindarov World Championship Clash

D Gukesh will take on challenger Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan in the upcoming World Chess Championship which will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from November 24 to December 12.

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Magnus Carlsen considers challenger Javokhir Sindarov the favourite to win the World Championship.© FIDE

World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen considers challenger Javokhir Sindarov the favourite to win the World Championship but said that D Gukesh should not approach his upcoming title defence as a burden, insisting the reigning champion has “everything to gain”. Gukesh will take on challenger Sindarov of Uzbekistan in the upcoming World Chess Championship which will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from November 24 to December 12.

"I think the word defend is really not a good place to begin, because in terms of how Gukesh has played for the last couple of years, he should not be in a position where he has to defend anything. He should be in a position where he has everything to gain," Carlsen said on the sidelines of the ongoing Global Chess League here.

"He has shown previously in 2024 that when things click, he has the potential to play at an extremely high level. I don't think a lot of people believe that he will do it now, but I think it's even more of an interesting challenge for him to try and get back to that.

"Chess is a highly psychological game, so it probably won't take a lot to potentially place some doubts in Sindarov's mind and some confidence for Gukesh. Obviously, as it stands, there's no question that Sindarov is the favoruite," he added.

Calrsen said Gukesh has to take the initiative from the start to keep Sindarov in the backfoot.

"If Sindarov is ahead early on, it's probably very, very bad news for Gukesh. If Gukesh is ahead early on, he automatically becomes a significant favourite. That's how these matches work.” Talking about his personal career, Carlsen said he now prefers rapid more than classical chess.

"I think in terms of their chess styles, the current generation, I don't know if they're making conscious choices about it, but they're doing very well, for sure. In that sense, chess is in very good hands with the kids.

"It depends on the tournament. Honestly, I was excited here to experiment a little bit, and that is certainly fun. I think it's an important step for chess to rate slightly faster games as classical. We kind of have needed a more universal system of rating every tournament game for a long time. Attempts have been made, but it's always been that the classical rating has been the gold standard," he said.

"Every tournament that doesn't have a classical rating for certain people matters less for this reason. I'm happy that Total Chess can both be classically rated and be a mix of formats that makes it harder for people to master weaknesses," he added.

Carlsen said after becoming father he decided to give away with the classical format.

"I think after I became father as well, it made even more certain for me that I was never coming back to the classical World Championship.

"There are so many things that I like about chess. There are a lot of tournaments that I like. Classical, especially the classroom tournaments are classical. Maybe not as steady diet, but at least once in a while," he said.

"It's hard to imagine me completely stepping away from competitive chess and not being good at it. That's because I like it. I love it. My son is the greatest human being alive. It's fantastic. It's a joy."

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Asian Games 2026 Medals Tally

No. Country G S B Total 1

People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China 169 89 83 341 2

Japan

Japan 83 95 91 269 3

Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea 39 43 68 150 4

India

India 21 27 37 85 5

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan 21 25 24 70

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