Reigning world champion D Gukesh lastly acquired his revenge on Magnus Carlsen, defeating the No.1 participant for the first time in a classical sport in Round 6 of Norway Chess right here on Sunday (June 1, 2025).
Days after Carlsen, the five-time world champion, inflicted an enormous blow to Gukesh’s probabilities in the opening spherical of the event, the world champion, who turned 19 just a few days again, struck again, catching the Norwegian abruptly simply when it appeared he was on the verge of dropping the sport to earn three factors.
The Indian jumped to 3rd spot with 8.5 factors and now trails the world No.1 Gukesh and American Fabiano Caruana by only one level.
It was an enormous comeback for Gukesh, who had appeared out of kinds in the opening sport in opposition to Carlsen. He gave the impression to be dropping Sunday’s sport as nicely earlier than he turned issues round to win his maiden Classical chess contest in 62 strikes and over 4 hours of nerve-wracking chess.
While Gukesh refused to talk to the media, his Polish coach Grzegorz Gajewski stated the win will give the teenager “a huge pump” going deeper into the event and in future battles with the Norwegian.
“It [win] just gives a huge pump of confidence [to Gukesh] because once you’ve done it, you know you can do it again. And that’s the plan,” stated Gajewski.
When requested if different gamers from India will out of the blue really feel assured about themselves beating Carlsen following Gukesh’s feat, he stated, It definitely does.
“And for the tournament [Norway Chess] that’s going ahead, it gives him [Gukesh] a bump. Hopefully we can break another unbreakable margin. Perfect,” stated the Pole.
Published – June 02, 2025 06:22 am IST
