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Magnus Carlsen gets revenge over Gukesh after year-long wait

Magnus Carlsen gets revenge over Gukesh after year-long wait

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On his last day as a teenager — and then again on his first day as a 20-year-old — world champion D Gukesh was reminded that there is still some growing up for him to do. On Thursday, a day before he turned 20, the world champion from India picked up a fight on the board against world no 1 Magnus Carlsen. And lost. “Gukesh sometimes plays a bit too ambitiously. He wanted to prove a serious advantage today, which I’m not sure there was,” Carlsen said about his quarry later. “Eventually, he played himself into some trouble. And I took over more and more.” Even though Friday was a rest day at the tournament, Gukesh turned 20 in the company of fellow grandmasters, including world championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov and Carlsen. The players spent three hours on sailboats racing against each other at Oslofjord in the annual Norway Chess games, where at least twice, impromptu chorus of happy birthday rang out for a grinning Gukesh. But just before the players were to get on …

Magnus Carlsen beats D Gukesh twice at Clutch Chess; world champion at bottom of standings, world no 1 at top | Chess News

Magnus Carlsen beats D Gukesh twice at Clutch Chess; world champion at bottom of standings, world no 1 at top | Chess News

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World no 1 Magnus Carlsen defeated world champion Gukesh Dommaraju in both their games on day 2 of the Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown exhibition event before defeating Hikaru Nakamura twice and losing his games to Fabiano Caruana to surge into top spot in the four-player event. Gukesh, who was on top of the standings after day 1, slumped to last spot after winning no games on day 2. The format of the three-day tournament means that players earned one point for a win on day 1, two points for wins on day 2 and will earn three points for any victory on the final day, which means that the door is still open for Gukesh to win the whole event with a decent performance on the final day. Gukesh had three draws and three defeats on the second day of the event. Story continues below this ad “It was better than yesterday, but I mean I would like to have a little bit more control in my games than I did today, but you know, …

Magnus Carlsen’s brutal self-assessment: ‘My mind was not working at all today… got two more points than I should have’ | Chess News

Magnus Carlsen’s brutal self-assessment: ‘My mind was not working at all today… got two more points than I should have’ | Chess News

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Magnus Carlsen started his campaign at the Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown exhibition event with a victory over Gukesh Dommaraju, but ended the day in second spot behind the world champion from India. Out of the six rapid games Carlsen played against Gukesh, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana (two games against each opponent), Carlsen managed just two wins while losing once. Carlsen is playing in an over-the-board event after becoming a father recently. Asked about his assessment about his form, a candid Carlsen said: “It was terrible, but I’m feeling like really not good at all. I will say that I scored about two more points than than I should have probably today and I’m happy with that. But my mind was not working at all today. So, yeah, hopefully I can feel a bit better the next few days. Today my level of play was extremely poor.” After the first day of games in the three-day event, Gukesh is the sole leader in the four-player tournament, with Carlsen second, Hikaru Nakamura third and Fabiano Caruana …

Gukesh D loses first game to Magnus Carlsen, still leads at end of Day 1 in Clutch Chess with wins over Nakamura, Caruana | Chess News

Gukesh D loses first game to Magnus Carlsen, still leads at end of Day 1 in Clutch Chess with wins over Nakamura, Caruana | Chess News

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Reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju lost his opening game of the Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown exhibition event to Magnus Carlsen but then bounced back to rack up three wins and two draws in his remaining games to end the first day of the event as the tournament leader. The even also features players like Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. After the first day of the event ended, Gukesh has four points out of a possible six. Gukesh ended the day pocketing a cool $3000 as bonus for his three wins. After the first defeat against Carlsen, he held the world no 1 from Norway to a draw in game two. Then, he defeated Nakamura in their first game, before another draw. Against Caruana, Gukesh claimed two back-to-back victories to end the day on top of the four-player standings. “It started with the loss, but I was still happy with the game,” Gukesh told the St Louis Chess Club in an interview after the end of the day. Story continues below this ad ALSO READ | …

‘Gukesh ran into my prep’: Arjun Erigaisi after winning game that briefly retraced controversial Carlsen vs Niemann clash from 2022 | Chess News

‘Gukesh ran into my prep’: Arjun Erigaisi after winning game that briefly retraced controversial Carlsen vs Niemann clash from 2022 | Chess News

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Gukesh Dommaraju shielded his eyes away from the rest of the prying world. The 18-year-old, who built his reputation on being utterly impassive as he blazed his way to the world champion’s throne, needed a brief moment to compose himself. Understandably so. He had, after all, lost his second successive game at the Norway Chess tournament on Tuesday, a defeat to compatriot Arjun Erigaisi coming right after the loss to world no 1 Magnus Carlsen the previous day. The end of the Gukesh vs Arjun game was observed closely by world no 1 Magnus Carlsen, who had drawn his own game against Hikaru Nakamura, then had taken up a spot near Gukesh’s seat to get the closest possible view of the complex game between the two Indians. Never mind that Carlsen still had the Armageddon decider against Nakamura to play soon, he spent nearly five minutes peering over Gukesh’s shoulder at the board before quickly dashing out of the playing hall to grab a sweater. Then, he was back at his vantage point, engrossed in …

Magnus Carlsen after beating Gukesh at Norway Chess: ‘You come at the king, you best not miss’ | Chess News

Magnus Carlsen after beating Gukesh at Norway Chess: ‘You come at the king, you best not miss’ | Chess News

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That was the message Magnus Carlsen, who abdicated the world champion’s throne two years back, posted on his X account after he forced the reigning world champion Gukesh to resign in 55 moves on Monday in the first round of the Norway Chess tournament. Carlsen’s quote — invoking the memorable fictional character Omar Little (played by the actor Michael Kenneth Williams) on the HBO show The Wire — was an unsubtle message for the teenager from India who currently wears the world champion’s crown. The game had seen Gukesh’s queen and his rook try and ambush Carlsen’s king for a few moves before a single-move blunder from Gukesh had turned the tables. When it was Carlsen’s turn to have a go at Gukesh’s king, he did not miss. One of the most keenly anticipated clashes of the year — the first time world champion Gukesh was playing world no 1 Carlsen in classical chess after his ascent to the throne — ended as a win for the Norwegian. Story continues below this ad It was …