D Gukesh fights again from ‘almost misplaced’ place to beat Arjun Erigaisi, overtakes Carlsen in Norway Chess standings

Chess world champion D Gukesh is on a spree of comeback wins as he surprised compatriot Arjun Erigaisi for the primary time in classical chess on Monday, because the 19-year-old scripted one other turnaround from a worse-to-lost place at Norway Chess 2025. Gukesh had executed one thing comparable on Sunday to safe his first-ever classical chess
victory over world No.1 Magnus Carlsen
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On Monday, Gukesh had one other difficult match, regardless of taking part in with the white items. Erigaisi, identified for his aggressive gameplay, displayed his sturdy wits on the board in a vital middlegame, pushing Gukesh to the brink.

Gukesh returns from ’almost misplaced’ place to beat Arjun

Even the commentators labelled Gukesh’s place as “almost misplaced,” nonetheless, the 19-year-old has proven it time and time once more that it’s not over until it’s over. Simply as he did in opposition to 34-year-old Norwegian, Carlsen, Gukesh stored in search of a counterplay and when nothing was attainable, he took the sport right into a time scramble by discovering the required defensive strikes.

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Gukesh Dommaraju beats Arjun Erigaisi for the primary time in classical chess! One other win from a a lot worse, or almost misplaced, place!#NorwayChess pic.twitter.com/4uz4hFiJ5c

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Quickly, he took management of the match and after 92 strikes, Erigaisi had no choice left however to resign as Gukesh defeated him for the primary time in classical chess.

It needs to be famous that Arjun had defeated Gukesh of their earlier assembly in Norway Chess 2025 final week.

The Chennai chess star, Gukesh, has now surpassed Carlsen within the standings with 11.5 factors. He’s at present second within the desk, behind American Fabiano Caruana, who’s on 12.5 factors after beating Chinese language Grandmaster Wei Yi.

How Gukesh defeated Arjun:

Carlsen dropped to 3rd place regardless of beating American Hikaru Nakamura with white in armageddon.

Within the ladies’s part, Ju Wenjun secured her first classical win of Norway Chess 2025, defeating Sara Khadem to take sole lead with three rounds remaining. Within the battle of the earlier co-leaders, Anna Muzychuk edged previous Koneru Humpy in Armageddon. Lei Tingjie additionally notched her first classical victory after R Vaishali’s place collapsed in time hassle.