Rightly pointed out. One can argue on why Ding made the mistake but that has nothing to do with Gukesh's talent. For me the fact that he is only 18 is huge; it means that he has more than a decade of honours waiting for him.

HN seems to lately have had an influx of folks who just want to toot their "opinions" however clueless it might be. They need to be reminded of the Asimov quote; There is a false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."