12-12-2024, 09:53 PM
That's outstanding for Gukesh. That said, with Magnus Carlsen out of the regular cycle, the world chess championship feels ..... somewhat diminished. Carlsen has essentially pulled a Fischer.
"When you compare the sorrows of real life to the pleasures of the imaginary one, you will never want to live again, only dream forever." -- Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo (1846)