Norway Chess 2025 Live Updates, Round 10: Gukesh takes on Caruana; Carlsen up against Arjun; Hikaru vs Wei Yi in last round
Norway Chess 2025 Round 10 Live Updates, Arjun Erigaisi vs Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana vs D Gukesh, Wei Yi vs Hikaru Nakamura: Reigning World Champion D. Gukesh will take on Fabiano Caruana in the final round of the Norway Chess in the hope to surpass tournament leader Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen, who leads the standings with 15 points from nine rounds, is 0.5 points ahead of Gukesh and will take on another exciting talent, Arjun Erigaisi.
Arjun has 11.5 points from nine rounds and is out of the title race alongside Wei Yi of China, who sits last in the standings. USA's Hikaru Nakamura, who has a good chance of winning the event, will be up against Wei.
Magnus Carlsen: 'Maybe I should totally stop playing classical chess'
Magnus Carlsen at Norway Chess 2025 in Stavanger. (PHOTO: Michal Walusza via Norway Chess)
Is the world seeing the last of Magnus Carlsen playing in the classical format at the ongoing Norway Chess? The world no 1, who won five world chess championships before walking away from the world champion's throne in 2023, told Norway's TV2 in an interview at Stavanger before his round 7 clash with Hikaru Nakamura that classical chess was not 'fun at all' for him and then mentioned that he should 'maybe totally stop playing classical chess.'
Carlsen had cut a frustrated figure after losing for the first time in classical chess against Gukesh Dommaraju, the reigning world champion, on Sunday. He had banged his fist on the board and let out an exasperated sigh of: 'Oh my God.'
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