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Norway Chess full schedule: After Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen on Monday, here are key dates to track | Chess News

Norway Chess full schedule: After Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen on Monday, here are key dates to track | Chess News

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The 2025 edition of Norway Chess starts off with a blockbuster clash between reigning world champion Gukesh and the world no 1 Magnus Carlsen at Stavanger in Norway on Monday. The clash sees the 18-year-old from Chennai face off against the man from Norway who abdicated the throne without a pawn marching down the chessboard in 2023 for the first time since 2023. “Whether it’s against Gukesh or somebody else here, I’m not really quite sure what to expect from those games in particular,” Carlsen said at the press conference on Sunday. “I certainly want to do well in those games and he (Gukesh) does as well.” Carlsen indicated that since he rarely plays classical chess these days, he expected to start slow. Story continues below this ad “It’s going to take a little time for me to get into the speed of the game. I don’t expect necessarily to be at my sharpest in the first couple of games. I feel like I’m never that unless I’ve had very recent playing experience. I hope …

Gukesh says he sometimes needs to wear face mask to leave home in Chennai to avoid being recognised | Chess News

Gukesh says he sometimes needs to wear face mask to leave home in Chennai to avoid being recognised | Chess News

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Over the last few months, fame has arrived like an uninvited house guest knocking on world champion Gukesh’s door. For a boy born and brought up in Chennai, these days, he occasionally needs to wear face masks to venture out of his house for fear of being recognised and mobbed. Or, the 18-year-old has to carry out a mental exercise in mapping out “safe places” that he can go out and still be himself. Such is the burden he bears as chess’ youngest world champion in history. “In India, especially in Chennai, when I go out, it was like I was getting recognised more than before. I’ve learned to go out with a mask and stuff. I’ve learned to deal with it, it’s been a few months, so it’s all good now. It depends on the place. Like when I want to go to some place, and it’s crowded, I wear a mask,” Gukesh told Norway Chess in an interview on Saturday before clarifying: “I don’t get recognized too much in all the places. So …

Norway Chess Tournament: D Gukesh set to challenge Magnus Carlsen on his home turf | Chess News

Norway Chess Tournament: D Gukesh set to challenge Magnus Carlsen on his home turf | Chess News

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Ever since Gukesh Dommaraju defeated Ding Liren to become the youngest world champion in chess history, the world has been obsessed with what-ifs. What if Magnus Carlsen had not abdicated the throne? What if it has been Carlsen playing against Gukesh instead of Ding? Carlsen’s disinterest in playing classical tournaments has meant that the world no.1 and the world champion have not come face to face in the longest format of the sport since Gukesh’s coronation in December. The last time they duelled in a classical chess game was the 2023 FIDE World Cup when Carlsen defeated the teenager from Chennai in the two-game quarter-finals. But on Monday, the chess world will get the clash it has wanted for a while as Gukesh plays with black pieces against Carlsen at the Norway Chess tournament, one of the rare events for which Carlsen makes an exception to his self-imposed classical chess exile. The date for the second clash — where Gukesh plays with white pieces — will be made public soon. Story continues below this ad …