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D Gukesh gets his revenge against Magnus Carlsen, beats world No.1 from losing position: '99 out of 100 times I would lose'
D Gukesh once gain underlined his ability to handle pressure and supreme calculative prowess as he defeated Magnus Carlsen from a losing position after a thrilling endgame. read more
World Champion D Gukesh had his revenge against Magnus Carlsen as he defeated the 34-year-old Norwegian from a losing position on Sunday at the Norway Chess 2025. World No.1 Carlsen had beaten Gukesh in the first round of the tournament, as he went on to celebrate with a social media post declaring himself the king of chess . The King, however, was soon brought to the ground by the 19-year-old Indian Grandmaster Gukesh.
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This is Gukesh's first classical win over Carlsen and it came after a thrilling endgame in which the Indian took advantage of a mistake from his opponent to script a sensational comeback. The secret to Gukesh's win, however, was his incredible calculative powers, which helped him find the right moves even when, for a long time, he looked like the weaker player.
Gukesh beats Carlsen with sensational endgame
Gukesh had the white pieces this time and he started with 1.e4, however, Carlsen began with a Berlin after having trouble with a classical Ruy Lopez against Fabiano Caruana. He later played 7…a6 and looked in good control of the match with a 98.7 accuracy at one stage, but Gukesh kept fighting and finding the accurate moves to push the game deeper before Carlsen blundered with 44…f6?!.
This allowed Gukesh to get into ascendancy as both players were scrambling for time in the end, running on the 10-second increment. This is where the next and the biggest mistake from Carlsen (52…Ne2+??) appeared as he was left stunned by Gukesh's counterattack.
Hwo Gukesh defeated Carlsen:
Soon after, Carlsen resigned and slammed the table in anger as a visibly shaking Gukesh turned emotional, almost unable to believe what he had pulled off.
'I don't know what happened,' Gukesh said after beating Carlsen. '…99 out of 100 times I would lose. It was 'just a lucky day.
'I mean, [it was] not the way I wanted it to be, but okay, I'll take it.'
OH MY GOD 😳🤯😲 pic.twitter.com/QSbbrvQFkE — Norway Chess (@NorwayChess) June 1, 2025
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Carlsen continues to be the lead at Norway Chess, but he has been forced to share it with Caruana for now, on 9.5 points, while Gukesh is second on 8.5.
Meanwhile, in other matches, Caruana defeated Hikaru Nakamura in Armageddon, while Arjun Erigaisi had a similar win over Wei Yi. In the women's section, India's Koneru Humpy is in joint lead with 9.5 points after Armageddon defeat to R Vaishali. Anna Muzychuk also has 9.5 points at present.
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