Carlsen Backs Total Chess World Championship Tour, Supports Gukesh's Title Defense

Magnus Carlsen, the world's top-ranked chess player, spoke at the Tech Mahindra Global Chess League in Bengaluru. He praised the newly launched Total Chess World Championship Tour, which rates faster games as classical, and supports the use of a universal system. Carlsen expressed confidence in India's D. Gukesh's potential to play at an extremely high level in his upcoming World title match against Javokhir Sindarov, although Sindarov is the favorite. Chess is a highly psychological game, and Carlsen believes that Gukesh can get confidence and doubts in Sindarov's mind to make the match interesting.