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Times of Oman
3 days ago
- Sport
- Times of Oman
Magnus Carlsen remains the undisputed King; wins record 7th title at Norway Chess
Stavanger: The Round 10 of Norway Chess 2025 delivered a nail-biting conclusion to the electrifying tournament, with high stakes and drama until the final move. Tournament leader and world number one Magnus Carlsen faced a tough challenge with the black pieces against Arjun Erigaisi. A loss would have cost him the tournament title. Despite being under pressure, Carlsen defended resourcefully and managed to turn the tables, as per a press release from Norway Chess. With both players in severe time trouble, Carlsen opted for a threefold repetition in a promising position, securing the draw and clinching overall victory in the tournament, even after losing the following Armageddon game. Fabiano Caruana defeated World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh in a dynamic attacking game. The win propelled Caruana to second place, while Gukesh slipped to third in the final standings. Finally, the game between Hikaru Nakamura and Wei Yi ended in a quiet draw. Wei Yi prevailed in the Armageddon game. Anna Muzychuk won the Norway Chess Women 2025. The final round of the Norway Chess Women's tournament was packed with tension and delivered decisive action right up to the last move. Tournament leader Anna Muzychuk held Vaishali Rameshbabu to a draw in classical play. While Muzychuk lost the Armageddon tiebreak game, the result was sufficient for securing the 2025 title. Humpy Koneru drew her classical game against Ju Wenjun and claimed victory in the Armageddon decider. However, her grip on second place slipped after Lei Tingjie scored a crucial win with the black pieces against Sarasadat Khademalsharieh. Lei's impressive victory propelled her to second place in the final standings, pushing Koneru down to third. Norway Chess is one of the world's premier chess tournaments, bringing together the top male and female players in a distinctive 6-player double round-robin format. The introduction of Norway Chess Women in 2024, with equal prize funds for men and women, underscores the event's commitment to gender equality and innovation in the sport. Norway Chess 2025 took place from May 26 to June 6.
Indian Express
4 days ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
Norway Chess 2025 LIVE Updates: Gukesh plays Italian opening against Caruana
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.'
Indian Express
4 days ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
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.'
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Chess: Carlsen targets last classical hurrah at Stavanger after defeat against Gukesh
Magnus Carlsen's shock loss to Gukesh Dommaraju was the world No 1's first classical defeat by a classical world champion since he lost to Vishy Anand 15 years ago at the 2010 London Classic. It spoilt what should have been a winning position for him at Stavanger, where he was poised to break clear of the field. There are now suggestions that this will be Carlsen's farewell appearance in classical. He told Take Take Take: 'It's a long time since I enjoyed a classical tournament.' Meanwhile, though, Carlsen could go out on a high on Friday afternoon when he and Gukesh fight for first prize in the final round at Stavanger (4pm start), with Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana also still in contention. Advertisement Scores are Carlsen (Norway) 15, Gukesh (India) 14.5, Nakamura (US) 13, Caruana (US) 12.5, Arjun Erigaisi (India) 11.5, Wei Yi (China) 8. Last round pairings are Erigaisi v Carlsen, Caruana v Gukesh, Wei v Nakamura. The cream of the world's chess players will come to the Novotel London West Hotel, Hammersmith next week, for the World Rapid and Blitz championships, with an opportunity for Londoners to watch them in action. Play is daily from 1.30pm to 8.30pm from Wednesday 11 June to Sunday 15 June. Tickets are limited, and priced accordingly. There are expected to be 55 teams, many of them English, with such well-known names as Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi, playing 12 rounds of rapid and a mixed format of blitz chess. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have entered strong national teams, but the strongest of them all are the top seeds, WR, which is short for Wadim Rosenstein, a German millionaire who has hired the elite including Nakamura and Nepomniachtchi to play for him, with himself as the captain. The WR squad also includes two of the best women players, Hou Yifan and Alexandra Kosteniuk. Other familiar names are Alireza Firouzja, Nigel Short, Anand, and Erigaisi, but there will be no Carlsen, as the Norwegian has fallen out with Fide. Advertisement England will have numerous teams, amounting to an impressive defence of national honour. Seeded 9th are Malcolm's Mates(ECF international director, Malcolm Pein) which is effectively the England team of Luke McShane, Gawain Jones, Michael Adams, Nikita Vitiugov, Elmira Mirzoeva on the women's board, and a 1900-rated amateur. Seeded 19th are e-therapeutics containing several GM blitz specialists plus England's 10-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan who is strong in fast play. Seeded 24th are Wood Green, runners-up in the British 4NCL League. Seeded 26th are Sharks 4NCL, another strong 4NCL team, while 26th are Sassy Seniors, a 50+ England team led by two grandmasters. Several of the English teams will be composed predominantly of young players who will be looking eagerly for chances of giantkilling, so some sharp attacking games will be likely. A new name to look out for is Russia's Roman Shogdzhiev, who has become the youngest ever international master at age 10. Last week's strong Cambridge tournament was won jointly by the eight-time British champion Michael Adams and by the former Australian and New Zealand blitz champion Brandon Clarke, who both totalled 7.5/9. Clarke's final round win was achieved with the Hungarian Dragon Sicilian in only 21 moves. Advertisement The game is an offbeat line, which Black knew better than White. The engine assesses White's 16th as the decisive error and much prefers 16 0-0-0. Over three years of the Cambridge tournament Adams has now won first prize, alone or jointly, every time and has played 27 games without defeat. This was an impressive performance by a man in his 50s against predominantly younger rivals and testifies to the Cornishman's excellent judgment of the pace of a tournament, knowing when to press and when to take an occasional short draw. His closest rival throughout the three years has probably been Dan Fernandez, as the younger grandmaster continues his campaign for a place in the England team. The other England players seem to have tacitly accepted that Cambridge is Adams's personal kingdom. The major prizes at Cambridge are £1500-£750-£600, as against £6,000-£3,000-£2,000-£1500 for the British Championship at Liverpool in August, for which Vitiugov and Jones have already entered, while prizes for the English Championship at Warwick in July are £2,000-£1250-£750, so that is probably a factor. 3975: 1 Bxh6+! Kxh6 (if 1…Kg8 2 Bxf8 Bxf8 3 Nxg6 wins) 2 Nxf7+! Qxf7 3 Rxe7! and if Qxe7 4 Qxg6 mate.
The Guardian
4 days ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Chess: Carlsen targets last classical hurrah at Stavanger after defeat against Gukesh
Magnus Carlsen's shock loss to Gukesh Dommaraju was the world No 1's first classical defeat by a classical world champion since he lost to Vishy Anand 15 years ago at the 2010 London Classic. It spoilt what should have been a winning position for him at Stavanger, where he was poised to break clear of the field. There are now suggestions that this will be Carlsen's farewell appearance in classical. He told Take Take Take: 'It's a long time since I enjoyed a classical tournament.' Meanwhile, though, Carlsen could go out on a high on Friday afternoon when he and Gukesh fight for first prize in the final round at Stavanger (4pm start), with Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana also still in contention. Scores are Carlsen (Norway) 15, Gukesh (India) 14.5, Nakamura (US) 13, Caruana (US) 12.5, Arjun Erigaisi (India) 11.5, Wei Yi (China) 8. Last round pairings are Erigaisi v Carlsen, Caruana v Gukesh, Wei v Nakamura. The cream of the world's chess players will come to the Novotel London West Hotel, Hammersmith next week, for the World Rapid and Blitz championships, with an opportunity for Londoners to watch them in action. Play is daily from 1.30pm to 8.30pm from Wednesday 11 June to Sunday 15 June. Tickets are limited, and priced accordingly. There are expected to be 55 teams, many of them English, with such well-known names as Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi, playing 12 rounds of rapid and a mixed format of blitz chess. Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have entered strong national teams, but the strongest of them all are the top seeds, WR, which is short for Wadim Rosenstein, a German millionaire who has hired the elite including Nakamura and Nepomniachtchi to play for him, with himself as the captain. The WR squad also includes two of the best women players, Hou Yifan and Alexandra Kosteniuk. Other familiar names are Alireza Firouzja, Nigel Short, Anand, and Erigaisi, but there will be no Carlsen, as the Norwegian has fallen out with Fide. England will have numerous teams, amounting to an impressive defence of national honour. Seeded 9th are Malcolm's Mates(ECF international director, Malcolm Pein) which is effectively the England team of Luke McShane, Gawain Jones, Michael Adams, Nikita Vitiugov, Elmira Mirzoeva on the women's board, and a 1900-rated amateur. Seeded 19th are e-therapeutics containing several GM blitz specialists plus England's 10-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan who is strong in fast play. Seeded 24th are Wood Green, runners-up in the British 4NCL League. Seeded 26th are Sharks 4NCL, another strong 4NCL team, while 26th are Sassy Seniors, a 50+ England team led by two grandmasters. Several of the English teams will be composed predominantly of young players who will be looking eagerly for chances of giantkilling, so some sharp attacking games will be likely. A new name to look out for is Russia's Roman Shogdzhiev, who has become the youngest ever international master at age 10. Last week's strong Cambridge tournament was won jointly by the eight-time British champion Michael Adams and by the former Australian and New Zealand blitz champion Brandon Clarke, who both totalled 7.5/9. Clarke's final round win was achieved with the Hungarian Dragon Sicilian in only 21 moves. Sign up to The Recap The best of our sports journalism from the past seven days and a heads-up on the weekend's action after newsletter promotion The game is an offbeat line, which Black knew better than White. The engine assesses White's 16th as the decisive error and much prefers 16 0-0-0. Over three years of the Cambridge tournament Adams has now won first prize, alone or jointly, every time and has played 27 games without defeat. This was an impressive performance by a man in his 50s against predominantly younger rivals and testifies to the Cornishman's excellent judgment of the pace of a tournament, knowing when to press and when to take an occasional short draw. His closest rival throughout the three years has probably been Dan Fernandez, as the younger grandmaster continues his campaign for a place in the England team. The other England players seem to have tacitly accepted that Cambridge is Adams's personal kingdom. The major prizes at Cambridge are £1500-£750-£600, as against £6,000-£3,000-£2,000-£1500 for the British Championship at Liverpool in August, for which Vitiugov and Jones have already entered, while prizes for the English Championship at Warwick in July are £2,000-£1250-£750, so that is probably a factor. 3975: 1 Bxh6+! Kxh6 (if 1…Kg8 2 Bxf8 Bxf8 3 Nxg6 wins) 2 Nxf7+! Qxf7 3 Rxe7! and if Qxe7 4 Qxg6 mate.
