This tournament has sort of made me wonder if Magnus might have done chess a favour by stepping aside. I don’t know if I think any of these players could have beaten him, but now the field is wide open and there is way more drama at the world championship level. I will admit I was pulling for either Fabiano or Hikaru, but a chance at the youngest world champion ever is pretty cool too.
It’s just too bad Ding Liren is having such an off year. That is the one downside. At their current level of form, Gukesh is going to annihilate Ding.
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