Chess | ‘Stunning’ – Magnus Carlsen takes one other swipe at World Champion Gukesh | Chess Information – Instances of India

A day after having an unbelievable Fast occasion, Classical World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh noticed a dramatic freefall on the primary day of the Blitz occasion on the SuperUnited Fast and Blitz Chess Event in Zagreb on Saturday.The 19-year-old managed simply 1.5 factors from 9 rounds within the Blitz occasion as he misplaced seven of his 9 video games.Gukesh’s lone win got here in opposition to World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana.R Praggnanandhaa, the opposite Indian within the fray, had a blended day the place he scored 4.5 to slide to fourth within the total standings with 13.5 factors. He ended his day on a excessive with a win over fellow countryman Gukesh within the ninth (and closing) spherical.

With a rating of seven.5/9 on the opening day of the SuperUnited Blitz, Magnus Carlsen has now emerged as the only real chief going into the ultimate day.“Clearly, the rating is stunning—and from what I may see, the video games weren’t excellent both,” Carlsen mentioned of Gukesh’s efficiency.“The great factor for him is that it couldn’t have gone any worse. It is by no means straightforward to have an in a single day lead in these tournaments; 4 factors over me and three over Duda is lots.“But it surely would not really feel like that a lot when you do not have the expertise. Up to now it has been poor, however hopefully for his sake he can relax and play with a unique angle tomorrow—as a result of now he would not have something to lose, actually.”Gukesh was at his prime within the speedy part, whereby he received as many as six video games, together with one in opposition to Carlsen, however the Indian was method beneath par within the blitz, which noticed him dropping six video games on the opening day of the quickest model of the sport.

Standings after spherical 9 (blitz)

Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 17.5); 2. Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Pol, 16); 3. D Gukesh (Ind, 15.5); 4. Wesley So (USA, 14.5); 5. R Praggnanandhaa (Ind, 13.5); 6-7. Alireza Firouzja (Fra), Fabiano Caruana (USA) 13 every; 8-9. Anish Giri (Ned), Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzb) 11 every; 10. Ivan Saric (Cro, 10).