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News18
04-07-2025
- Sport
- News18
Magnus Carlsen After Losing To Gukesh: 'I Am Not Enjoying Playing Chess At All...'
Last Updated: Magnus Carlsen struggles after consecutive losses to 19-year-old Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh. Carlsen admits poor performance and credits Gukesh for exploiting his mistakes. Norwegian Magnus Carlsen – World No.1, who was hyper-confident in his ability to beat a 'weak" D. Gukesh, the current world champion, recently revealed that he is finding it hard to engage with chess after his second consecutive loss to the Indian, who he repeatedly derided as an inferior opponent. 19 year-old Gukesh came in no-holds barred as he outclassed the Norwegian Grandmaster in the rapid format at SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz tournament on Thursday. A format that Magnus emphasised was not Gukesh's forte. This second loss comes after a month of his now-infamous loss to Gukesh at the Norway Chess Tournament, as the Indian Grandmaster capitalised on a mistake by Carlsen, which led to the Norwegian furiously banging the table, in an expression of pure frustration. 'Honestly, I am not enjoying playing chess at all right now. I just, I don't feel any flow at all when I'm playing. I'm constantly hesitating and it's just really poor right now," Carlsen told 'Take Take Take' after the match-up. However, he still harbours doubts over Gukesh's overall ability in faster games, 'He's doing incredibly well now (in the format). It's a long way to go in the tournament but winning five games in a row is no mean feat," said Carlsen. Carlsen has had little success in the ongoing tournament as he finds himself having registered only a single win. He has admitted that his contribution so far has been sub-par, to say the least. Regardless, Carlsen credited Gukesh for taking advantage of his missteps, finding himself, by his own admission, 'hopelessly lost" during the game. Leading with white pieces, Magnus resigned from the game 49 moves in. 'I had a very, very nice position. He took his chance to open out his position with C6. After that it was a little bit like earlier where I got short of time and I couldn't really handle it that well and he found a lot of really good moves." 'I had one last chance at some point to bail out to something that was very, very drawish but I thought let's continue playing and then a couple of moves later I was pretty hopelessly lost. 'It was poor but all credit to Gukesh. He's playing well and is taking his chances too," Carlsen said. First Published: July 04, 2025, 12:17 IST
India Gazette
12-06-2025
- Sport
- India Gazette
TN Deputy CM Udhayanidhi Stalin honours Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa and Chithambaram for top performances at international chess events
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): The Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Udhayanidhi Stalin, congratulated the Tamil Nadu chess players, world champion D Gukesh, Aravindh Chithambaram, and R Praggnanandhaa for securing top positions in the international chess tournaments held in Norway and Armenia. A press release from the state government said, 'The Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Mr. Udhayanidhi Stalin, today (12.06.2025) extended his congratulations to: D. Gukesh, the reigning World Junior Champion and recipient of the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, for securing third place in the Norway Chess Tournament, Aravindh Chithambaram, for clinching first place in the Stepan Avagyan Memorial Chess Tournament, and Praggnanandhaa, for securing second place in the same tournament.' Chithambaram, by winning the Stepan Avagyan Memorial Chess Tournament, has now entered the top 10 of the FIDE world rankings. It is noteworthy that he also won first place in the Masters section of the Chennai Grandmasters Tournament held last year in Chennai, conducted by SDAT (Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu). Both Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa are beneficiaries of the Tamil Nadu Government's Elite Scheme for outstanding sportspersons, implemented through the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu. Under this Elite Scheme, sportspersons who win medals in international competitions are provided with an annual grant of Rs 30 lakh to further enhance their skills. This financial support helps them acquire advanced sports equipment, train under world-class coaches abroad, and consistently participate in international competitions to showcase their talent. With three of the four Indian players ranked in the world top 10 in chess hailing from Tamil Nadu--thanks to victories in tournaments like the Norway Chess and the Stepan Avagyan Memorial--this achievement highlights the significant impact of the Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu's efforts in making the state a global leader in the field of sports. This event was also attended by Atulya Misra, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary of Youth Welfare and Sports Development Department, and Mr. J Meghanath Reddy, IAS, Member Secretary of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu. (ANI)
Indian Express
06-06-2025
- Sport
- Indian Express
Norway Chess 2025 title scenarios: Magnus Carlsen leads ahead of final round, Gukesh behind by just half a point
Norway Chess 2025: Outright wins in the penultimate round for world No 1 Magnus Carlsen and world champion Gukesh Dommaraju have set up a thrilling finale at Norway Chess in battle for the top spot. Carlsen, No.2 Hikaru Nakamura, No.3 Gukesh, No.4 Arjun Erigiaisi and No.5 Fabiano Caruana and No 8 Wei Yi are the six men competing in the opening event. Ahead of Round 10, Carlsen holds the advantage but only just ahead of Gukesh, while Nakamura and Caruana have an outside chance of winning the title too. What's the points tally ahead of Round 10? Carlsen is at the top with 15 points from from 9 games, with three outright wins and two Armageddon wins after 5 draws. Gukesh has more outright wins than Carlsen at 4, but suffered three losses too and is currently on 14.5. In third place is Nakamura on 13 and Caruana is 4th with 12.5 points. Arjun and China's Wei Yi are out of contention for the top spot with 11.5 points and 8 points respectively. What's the format? As evident by now, the Norway Chess Tournament is a double round-robin event featuring classical games, and if that ends in a tie, Armageddon comes into play as a tiebreaker. What's in store in Round 10? In the penultimate round, Carlsen claimed a vital victory in a tough clash against Caruana while Gukesh registered another thrilling win by defeating Wei Yi to both claim three points each and keep the race close. Nakamura and Arjun played out a draw before the former claimed extra points in Armageddon. The fixtures for Round 10 are: Carlsen vs vs Arjun, Caruana vs Gukesh, Wei vs Nakamura. – For Gukesh to win the title, he has to better whatever result Carlsen manages against Arjun. – If Carlsen beats Arjun outright, the three points will be enough for the world No 1 to clinch the title. No other results matter. – If Gukesh beats Caruana for 3 points, then only an outright win for Carlsen against Arjun will help the Norwegian. – If Gukesh draws classical, he has to hope Carlsen loses in classical in Arjun. – If Gukesh draws in the classical game & wins in Armageddon and Carlsen draws in the classical game & loses in Armageddon, Gukesh and Carlsen will be tied on 15 points each. – Of course, Caruana and Nakamura are not out of the picture either but both Americans need 3 points to have any say in the final equation. Here are the tiebreak rules ccording to the official website: 1) If two players share the first place, there will be a Play-off to decide the winner. This Play-off consists of a two-game blitz match with the time control of 3 min. + 2 sec. increment per move. If this match ends in a tie, a further match will be played. If this match ends in a tie, there will be an Armageddon game where White has 10 minutes and Black, with draw odds, has 7 minutes both with an increment of 1 second per move, starting from move 41. 2) If more than two players share first place, there will be a double round-robin tournament with the time control of 3 min. + 2 sec. increment per move.
Indian Express
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Gukesh's win over Carlsen, a train to Aizawl, and Kannada language row
First, we talk to The Indian Express ' Amit Kamath about Gukesh Dommaraju's win against Magnus Carlsen in the Norway Chess Tournament. Amit who is in Norway covering the tournament, shared the details of the game, reactions given by both the players and what this result meant to them. Next, we talk to The Indian Express' Dheeraj Mishra about the Bairabi-Sairang railway line that finally connected Mizoram's capital Aizawl to the national railway network. He shares the significance of this line and how it will impact Mizoram. (14:16) Lastly, we speak about the backlash being faced by Kamal Haasan regarding his comment about Kannada language. (21:41) Produced and written by Niharika Nanda and Shashank Bhargava. Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
Time of India
02-06-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Gukesh turns tables; Carlsen bangs one after Indian triumphs in Norway Chess showdown
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Stavanger: World champion D Gukesh got his revenge on Magnus Carlsen as he pounced on a blunder by the world no.1 to defeat him for the first time in a classical game, leaving the Norwegian superstar so frustrated that he banged his fist on the board after Round 6 of Norway Chess Tournament win on Sunday propelled 19-year-old Gukesh to third position with 8.5 points and he is just one point shy of joint leaders Carlsen and American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana "There wasn't much I could do. It was just clearly lost (his position)...luckily he (Carlsen) got into a time scramble," the reticent Chennai-lad said after the eagerly-watched contest."First Classical win over Magnus, not the way I expected (or) wanted it to be but I will take it. I was just trying to make moves (today) which kind of were tricky for him," he explained."...99 out of 100 times I would lose... just a lucky day," Gukesh later told the tournament world champion Carlsen seemed to have the upper-hand almost throughout the four-hour-long contest but a critical mistake allowed Gukesh to turn the tables on the Norwegian and secure a remarkable realised his mistake but by then it was too late. The Norwegian superstar vented his frustration by banging his fist on the table, causing the chess board to be and frustration was writ large on his face as he shook hands with Gukesh before placing all the pieces back on the board and walking away patting the winner on the was calm personified amid all this. He closed his eyes for a moment after the rather tense handshake with a clearly upset victory had come after a crushing Round 1 loss to iconic player which had cast a shadow on whether Gukesh would be able to overcome Carlsen's challenge in the reverse game. Arjun Erigaisi , following an Armageddon tie-break win against China's Wei Yi, is tied fourth with Hikaru Nakamura on 7.5 points in a tournament where virtually all the six players have a chance of winning the prestigious playing with black pieces, had earlier outplayed Gukesh with a near-perfect game. But the Indian kept prolonging the proceedings by finding the right moves to Carlsen dropped his knight, and Gukesh pounced on his opponent's error to go for the kill."One thing I learned from this tournament was time scrambles can go out of control," said his loss in Round 1 despite being in an advantageous position, Gukesh said, "I don't know, I'm still kind of shaken from that game. I don't know what happened, basically."There wasn't much I could do; it was clearly lost," he Polish coach Grzegorz Gajewski said the win was a huge confidence booster for the world champion."It's going to give him a bump of confidence. Because once you've done it, you know you can do it again. And that's the plan," said Gajewski."After the first game (which Gukesh lost to Carlsen), we saw that the main problem was time management, and because of the time trouble, he managed to lose the position that he should not have lost."So, we decided that we had to correct this time management, and already in the game with Hikaru (Nakamura), we could witness this improvement and progress," he tournament saw another intense day in the women's section with R Vaishali getting the better of Koneru Humpy in the Armageddon tie-break.(Open) D Gukesh (Ind - 8.5) bt Magnus Carlsen (Nor - 9.5); Arjun Erigaisi (Ind - 7.5) bt Wei Yi (Chn - 6.5) in Armageddon tie-break; Fabiano Caruana (USA - 9.5) bt Hikaru Nakamura (USA - 7.5) in Armageddon tie-break. (Women) R Vaishali (Ind - 8) bt Koneru Humpy (Ind - 9.5) in Armageddon tie-break; Ju Wenjun (Chn - 8.5) bt Lei Tingjie (Chn - 6) in Armageddon tie-break; Anna Myzychuk (Ukr - 9.5) bt Sara Khadem (Esp - 6) in Armageddon tie-break. PTI
