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FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich on criticism of the Gukesh vs. Ding Liren championship match: "Every athlete makes mistakes."

After taking advantage of a mistake made by Ding Liren in Game 14, which eventually determined the outcome of the tournament, Gukesh became the youngest world champion on Thursday.

International Chess Federation (FIDE) President Arkady Dvorkovich defended the recently concluded World Chess Championship between D Gukesh and Ding Liren on Friday, claiming that errors make sports interesting, despite criticism for its alleged lack of quality.

After taking advantage of a mistake made by Ding Liren in Game 14, which eventually determined the outcome of the tournament, Gukesh became the youngest world champion on Thursday. Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik was not satisfied with the findings and even referred to Ding's error as "childish" once they were revealed.At the closing ceremony, Dvorkovich responded to the critiques by saying, "Sports is about mistakes; without mistakes, there would be no goals in football." Although every athlete makes errors, we are interested to see if the opposition can capitalize on them.

"No remarks. Sad. In one of his posts on X, Kramnik wrote, "End of chess as we know it." "Never yet WC title was decided by childish one move blunder," he said in a subsequent post.Kramnik also blasted Game 6 of the World Championship a few weeks prior, stating, "To be honest, I am really disappointed by today's game (Game 6)." Even Game 5 wasn't very good, but today's performance was really poor from both players, especially for a professional. This level is really poor.

Magnus Carlsen, a five-time winner, even criticized the World Chess Championship's quality, stating that it didn't appear to be a match between two World Championship contenders."This game does not appear to be between two contenders for the World Championship. It just appears to be the second or third round of an open competition. After Game 12, Carlsen stated in a Take Take Take app podcast, "It's like the stage where you play somebody who is like decent with openings but then you just win with class."

When D Gukesh dreamed of winning the chess world championship, he was just seven years old. His parents had faith in him, but they had no idea that he would fulfill his aim of becoming the youngest chess world champion at the age of 18 in just 11 years. It took some time for his mother Padma Kumari and father Rajinikanth to accept that the Indian grandmaster had defeated the reigning champion Ding Liren of China in a 14-game marathon that went right down to the wire, becoming only the second Indian after Vishwanathan Anand to win the coveted title.

 Results were ultimately obtained after years of arduous labor, unrivaled sacrifice, and unwavering resolve.The most obvious evidence was the look of shock on his father's face and the tears in Gukesh's eyes. The subsequent hug between the two was only the emotional conclusion of a protracted journey.
Gukesh talked about his parents after defeating Ding in the last moments of the 14th game on Thursday.

"I have been dreaming about this moment since I started my chess journey at about 7... but the dream was probably bigger for them than it was for me," he said. After winning the last traditional time control game of the 14-game tournament, which for the most part looked destined for a tie, the Indian achieved the necessary 7.5 points against Liren's 6.5.

Gukesh, who has won several age group titles, advanced to the rank of International Master during a competition in Cannes, France, in 2017.Early achievements for the young champion included capturing gold in the Asian school tournament for under-9 players and the World Youth Chess Championships in 2018 for the under-12 division.

Gukesh's parents forbade him from going to school full-time after Class IV because of his intense interest in the 64-square chess board.Gukesh made history in 2019 by becoming the second youngest Grandmaster ever at a competition in New Delhi. Sergey Karjakin of Russia was the only player to surpass this mark till Abhimanyu Mishra, a gifted Indian-American from the USA, shattered it.

Gukesh kept up his quick ascent, crossing off achievements one by one. Gukesh, however, had no sponsor at this time and had to rely on prize money and his parents' crowd-funding efforts to support himself.He went on to surpass his hero Anand as India's number one last year in spite of the numerous obstacles. And it was a fortunate turn of events that Anand was the one who helped him develop at the Westbridge-Anand Chess Academy, which opened in 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 epidemic, which had stopped most athletic events.