"World Championship match is an emotional experience" - Vladimir Kramnik
The World Championship match between Gukesh and Ding is underway, and this is one of the rare occasions where the challenger is rated higher than the champion according to rating and current results going by the past one year. While there have been varied kind of predictions going on about the outcome of the match, Magnus predicted that the match could be more even than many might think.
Game 1 is always a nervous story for the challenger as the experienced top challengers themselves say! Remember, game 1 of Anand-Carlsen 2013, Chennai when Carlsen was visibly nervous and by his own admission escaped with a draw!
Outwardly Gukesh seemed confident, though he later admitted in the press conference there was bound to be nervousness and indeed he was, but he felt alright once the game began! Let us start delving in to the game
