3 min learnUp to date: Mar 31, 2026 07:11 PM IST
Chess world champion D Gukesh who didn’t have the most effective of seasons final yr, acknowledged his ‘disappointing’ performances, including that in an effort to discover his finest kind he has determined to compete with barely much less depth. To try this, the Indian GM stated that he would skip lengthy occasions that are away from house in an effort to get extra time to coach.
The 19-year-old stated that he’ll solely take part within the Speedy & Blitz tournaments in Warsaw and Zagreb this yr and thanked the Grand Chess Tour organizers for his or her approval of his request.
“My efficiency in the previous few occasions has been fairly disappointing, not only for me, however for all of you who help me. With the intention to discover my finest kind my crew and I’ve determined that I ought to compete with barely much less depth over the following few months. Consequently, we really feel it’s in my finest curiosity to skip lengthy occasions away from house to permit for extra devoted coaching time,” Gukesh posted on X on Tuesday.
My efficiency in the previous few occasions has been fairly disappointing, not only for me, however for all of you who help me.
With the intention to discover my finest kind my crew and I’ve determined that I ought to compete with barely much less depth over the following few months. Consequently, we really feel it… pic.twitter.com/EmtAE3hn6c
— Gukesh D (@DGukesh) March 31, 2026
“With this in thoughts, I approached the Grand Chess Tour organizers and requested to play solely two European Speedy & Blitz occasions. They had been very supportive and understanding, and we agreed that I might take part within the Speedy & Blitz tournaments in Warsaw and Zagreb this yr. I’m very grateful for his or her help. Respectfully, I’m not planning to play every other occasions through the Grand Chess Tour schedule and will definitely be again for the total Grand Chess Tour sooner or later,” he added.
For Gukesh, 2024 was a profession defining yr: he gained the ultra-competitive Candidates within the first time of asking, grew to become the youngest world champion in historical past and, in between these two feats, led India to a barnstorming gold-medal successful marketing campaign on the Chess Olympiad. For a brief time period, he even grew to become the world no 3.
Then got here the stoop of 2025, the place he didn’t win a single match, dropping within the Grand Swiss in addition to getting eradicated from the FIDE World Cup in simply the third spherical. That kind has bled into 2026 the place he completed tenth on the Tata Metal Chess earlier than being joint-last on the Prague Masters.
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