India, May 5 -- Since D Gukesh defeated Ding Liren to become the youngest-ever World Chess Champion in history, there has been plenty of debate regarding the Indian GM's credibility with the title. After his victory vs Liren last year, the World C'ship received criticised from the likes of Magnus Carlsen and Vladimir Kramnik, who criticised its quality.

Then Gukesh silenced his critics in January, coming second at the Tata Chess Masters in Wijk aan Zee. But then his run of good form ended at Weissenhaus, where he endured a winless streak and came eighth. Then in Paris, he failed to even qualify for the knockouts, which has led to question marks over his Freestyle Chess skills.

The criticism on Gukesh has been a big debate lately, and ha...