India, March 19 -- Chess legend Anatoly Karpov called D Gukesh's World Championship victory against Ding Liren an 'accident'. Gukesh defeated Liren in Singapore in December 2024 to become the youngest-ever world chess champion, surpassing Garry Kasparov's 40-year-old record (he was 22) to win the title at 18 years and six months old.

Karpov, who also clinched the world champion title when he was young. He nearly broke Mikhail Tal's record at the 1975 World Championship when reigning champion Bobby Fischer forfeited his title in controversial circumstances. As a result, Karpov became the champion at the age of 23 years, 10 months, and 11 days, five months short of Tal's record.

In an interview with KP.RU, Karpov said, "No, firstly, the I...