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Hindustan Times
9 hours ago
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- Hindustan Times
Gukesh outwits Carlsen; leads Super United rapid and blitz
Zagreb , World champion D Gukesh let his moves do the talking as he scored another impressive win over world number one Magnus Carlsen to grab the sole lead after six rounds of the Super United Rapid and blitz chess tournament here. Gukesh outwits Carlsen; leads Super United rapid and blitz Counting the opening day victories, the win against Carlsen late on Thursday was Gukesh's fifth consecutive triumph in the tournament and took him to 10 points out of a possible 12. With just three rounds to come in rapid section, Gukesh enjoys two points lead over nearest rival Duda Jan-Krzysztof of Poland. Wesley So of United States is in sole third spot on seven points, a full point clear of Carlsen, Anish Giri of Holland and local hero Ivan Saric. R Praggnanandhaa shares the seventh spot on five points with American Fabiano Caruana, while Alireza Firouzja of France is in ninth spot on four points. Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan is 10th on just three points. Carlsen has never minced his words and has been a critic of Gukesh in the faster version of the game. The World number one had infamously banged the table after his previous loss to Gukesh in the Norway chess tournament. That was the Indian's first victory over the world number one in Classical chess. The victory as black was sweet for Gukesh. Carlsen enjoyed some optical advantage after his king pawn opening but the day belonged to Gukesh who found the perfect counter play. At some point Carlsen had to part with two minor pieces for a rook and a couple of extra pawns that looked menacing. However, Gukesh calmly exploited Carlsen's bad plan with the clock ticking away and the famous victory was scored after 49 moves. Earlier in the day, Gukesh had beaten Abdusattorov and Caruana with some fine efforts. Praggnanandhaa's search for an elusive victory continued as he played out three draws with Caruana, Carlsen and Giri. Praggnanandhaa will need some victories on the final day to make a comeback in the tournament. Standings after round 6: 1. D Gukesh ; 2. Duda Jan-Krzysztof ; 3. Wesley So ; 4-6: Ivan Saric ; Magnus Carlsen ; Anish Giri 6 each; 7-8; Fabiano Caruana ; R Praggnanandhaa 2 each. 9. Alireza Firouzja ; 10. Nodirbek Abdusattorov . This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
New Indian Express
13 hours ago
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Gukesh outwits Carlsen; leads Super United rapid and blitz
ZAGREB: World champion D Gukesh let his moves do the talking as he scored another impressive win over world number one Magnus Carlsen to grab the sole lead after six rounds of the Super United Rapid and blitz chess tournament here. Counting the opening day victories, the win against Carlsen late on Thursday was Gukesh's fifth consecutive triumph in the tournament and took him to 10 points out of a possible 12. With just three rounds to come in rapid section, Gukesh enjoys two points lead over nearest rival Duda Jan-Krzysztof of Poland. Wesley So of United States is in sole third spot on seven points, a full point clear of Carlsen, Anish Giri of Holland and local hero Ivan Saric. R Praggnanandhaa shares the seventh spot on five points with American Fabiano Caruana, while Alireza Firouzja of France is in ninth spot on four points. Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan is 10th on just three points. Carlsen has never minced his words and has been a critic of Gukesh in the faster version of the game. The World number one had infamously banged the table after his previous loss to Gukesh in the Norway chess tournament. That was the Indian's first victory over the world number one in Classical chess. The victory as black was sweet for Gukesh.
Indian Express
16 hours ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
Garry Kasparov explains why playing Gukesh is ‘like playing a computer': Have to beat him 5 times… he has many lives in each game
As Gukesh was turning the screws on Magnus Carlsen, one of his predecessors on the world champion's throne, in a rapid game at the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2025 in Zagreb, another man who has been hailed as the world's greatest chess player, Garry Kasparov, was doing commentary for the game. Kasparov could not resist admiring Gukesh in commentary, and plenty of his praise came even before Gukesh had managed to turn the game around and put Carlsen under pressure before going on to force the world no 1 to resign. Kasparov, who famously played some much-publicised games in the 1990s against machines like IBM's Deep Blue, compared Gukesh to a machine. It must be noted again that Kasparov said this before Gukesh had taken down Carlsen on Thursday. At that stage, Gukesh was playing Carlsen after rebounding from his first round loss to Jan-Krzysztof Duda (one of his seconds for the world championship last year) by defeating four of the best players in the line-up at Zagreb: Alireza Firouzja (talked up by Carlsen himself as one of the pre-tournament favourites), Praggnanandhaa (in the hottest form of his life before this tournament), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (one of Gukesh's arch-rivals) and Fabiano Caruana (the winner from last year's event in Zagreb). Gukesh would add Carlsen to that list shortly afterwards. 'He's a player that's hard to beat. Gukesh has many lives (in each game). You have to beat him many times. There is some resemblance (to computers). He has a resilience that reminds me of computers. He's probably the most resilient player. Even Magnus has other advantages. But when it comes to resilience, he's absolutely amazing. If you look at the infamous game against Magnus (at Norway Chess), I don't recall Magnus ever losing a game when he had an advantage of +3 or +4. Why he reminds me of computers is that with machines, you lose your concentration and you're dead. With Gukesh you have to beat him five times,' Kasparov said. While talking about Gukesh's tournament, Kasparov said: 'He had a miserable start. He lost to Duda in the first round convincingly. Then Gukesh won four in a row. In rapid! Look at the players he beat, Alireza, Fabi. Beating four top players… He played well. He's made mistakes.' Gukesh has constantly been spoken of as a player whose calculating style suits classical chess rather than the faster formats of rapid and blitz. He tends to think long and hard during games which has constantly led him into trouble on the clock, like at the World Chess Championship. But at Zagreb, though, he's constantly outmaneuvered opponents on the board and on the clock, having more time on the clock in end games against players like Caruana and Carlsen. READ MORE | Magnus Carlsen reacts to Gukesh defeat: 'Poor from me, got soundly punished… but all credit to Gukesh' Asked if this was a change in style, Kasparov said: 'This is not about style. He's getting more comfortable.' On Thursday, just like at Norway Chess, Carlsen had a significant advantage from the start of the game. But on the 23rd move, Carlsen pushed his b pawn ahead to b4, a move that made former world champion Kasparov gasp. 'B4? You don't play b4, you just don't play b4,' gasped Kasparov as soon as he saw what Carlsen, his one-time trainee, had done on move 23. Kasparov closed his eyes in horror and looked away from the screen. 'This is something wrong.' You can read our analysis of how Gukesh defeated Magnus Carlsen here. After the defeat, Kasparov had said: 'Now we can question Magnus' domination. This is not just his second loss to Gukesh, it's a convincing loss. It's not a miracle… or that Gukesh just kept benefitting from Magnus' terrible mistakes. It was a game that was a big fight. And Magnus lost.' Amit Kamath is Assistant Editor at The Indian Express and is based in Mumbai. ... Read More
Mint
17 hours ago
- Sport
- Mint
Magnus Carlsen humbled as Gukesh stuns him at Grand Chess Tour: ‘I'm not enjoying chess right now'
Reigning World Champions D Gukesh defeated Magnus Carlsen in Round 6 of Grand Chess Tour. Gukesh has now taken sole lead after six rounds of the Super United Rapid and blitz tournament. Ahead of the match, Carlsen had questioned the Indian chess player's abilities in rapid and blitz format noting that he hadn't done enough to show that he'll suceed in the tournament. Speaking to Take Take Take after the match, Carlsen said, 'No, I've played kind of poorly the whole tournament and this time I got soundly punished. I think I had a very, very nice position. He took his chance to open up a position with c6. After that it was a little bit , like earlier, where I get short of time. I can't really handle it that well. And he found a lot of really, really good moves. And I think he did that part very well. I think I had one kind of last chance at some point to bail out to something that was very draw-ish. And I thought, well, let's continue playing. And then a couple of minutes later, I was pretty hopelessly lost. So, it was poor, but all credit to Gukesh. He's playing well and he's taking his chances too,' he said. 'Yeah, he's doing incredibly well. incredibly well now. So, you know, it's a long way to go in the tournament, but, you know, winning five games in a row is no mean feat. he added 'Honestly, I am not enjoying playing chess at all right now. I don't feel any flow at all when I'm playing. I'm constantly constantly hesitating and it's just really poor right now,' Carlsen further noted
The Hindu
18 hours ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Gukesh outwits Magnus Carlsen again; takes sole lead after Grand Chess Tour Day 2
World champion D Gukesh let his moves do the talking as he scored another impressive win over world number one Magnus Carlsen to grab the sole lead after six rounds of the Super United Rapid and blitz chess tournament in Zagreb. Counting the opening day victories, the win against Carlsen late on Thursday (July 3, 2025) was Gukesh's fifth consecutive triumph in the tournament and took him to 10 points out of a possible 12. With just three rounds to come in rapid section, Gukesh enjoys two points lead over nearest rival Duda Jan-Krzysztof of Poland. Wesley So of United States is in sole third spot on seven points, a full point clear of Carlsen, Anish Giri of Holland and local hero Ivan Saric. R. Praggnanandhaa shares the seventh spot on five points with American Fabiano Caruana, while Alireza Firouzja of France is in ninth spot on four points. Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan is 10th on just three points. Carlsen has never minced his words and has been a critic of Gukesh in the faster version of the game. The World number one had infamously banged the table after his previous loss to Gukesh in the Norway chess tournament. That was the Indian's first victory over the world number one in Classical chess. The victory as black was sweet for Gukesh. Carlsen enjoyed some optical advantage after his king pawn opening but the day belonged to Gukesh who found the perfect counter play. At some point, Carlsen had to part with two minor pieces for a rook and a couple of extra pawns that looked menacing. However, Gukesh calmly exploited Carlsen's bad plan with the clock ticking away and the famous victory was scored after 49 moves. Earlier in the day, Gukesh had beaten Abdusattorov and Caruana with some fine efforts. Praggnanandhaa's search for an elusive victory continued as he played out three draws with Caruana, Carlsen and Giri. Praggnanandhaa will need some victories on the final day to make a comeback in the tournament. Standings after round 6 1. D Gukesh (Ind, 10); 2. Duda Jan-Krzysztof (Pol, 8); 3. Wesley So (Usa, 7); 4-6: Ivan Saric (Cro); Magnus Carlsen (Nor); Anish Giri (Ned) 6 each; 7-8; Fabiano Caruana (Usa); R Praggnanandhaa (Ind) 2 each. 9. Alireza Firouzja (Fra, 4); 10. Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzb, 3).
