Oslo, May 29 -- Gregorz Gajewski believes that the barrage of criticism directed at reigning world champion Gukesh in recent months by some of chess' biggest names stems from ego and frustration at the young Indian outperforming them. Former world champion Garry Kasparov said that he hopes challenger Javokhir Sindarov defeats Gukesh in a result that could tempt Magnus Carlsen to return the World Championship cycle. Another former world champion Anatoly Karpov has called Gukesh's World Championship win an "accident", world No.1 Magnus Carlsen has picked Sindarov as the favourite, describing Gukesh as having "obvious weaknesses". Two-time challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi went even further, saying, 'nearly every top GM would have a very good chan...