New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Vladimir Kramnik, the former coach of reigning World Chess Champion D Gukesh, and World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen recently criticised the World Championship match in Singapore where the young Indian grandmaster won the title. Now, Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand has come up with the perfect response to silence criticism of D Gukesh's World Championship victory against China's Ding Liren.

Speaking at a recent event, the India chess legend said, as quoted by Hindustan Times, "Gukesh never really changed the strategy of pushing. Unexpected things happened during the match, but he was there the next day, pushing again. The rook [blunder] didn't happen in a vacuum."

Gukesh, who received praise from current and former...