India, April 3 -- Since his historic victory against Ding Liren at the World Chess Championship last year, D Gukesh has been receiving a certain amount of flak from the likes of Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik and others. Carlsen and Kramnik criticised the quality of his World Championship match vs Liren, especially after a massive blunder from Liren in the decisive game saw Gukesh seal his victory.

Then at the Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam event, Gukesh was decimated and remained winless, also losing to Carlsen. After his win, Carlsen soaked in glory and pointed out how Gukesh failed to challenge him in their game.

Speaking during a recent interview with The Times of India, Gukesh opened up on his approach to criticism thrown...