Gukesh will get even with Carlsen, beats the world No.1 in Norway Chess

Reigning world champion D Gukesh lastly obtained his revenge on Magnus Carlsen, defeating the No.1 participant for the primary time in a classical recreation in Spherical 6 of Norway Chess on Sunday.
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Reigning world champion D Gukesh lastly obtained his revenge on Magnus Carlsen, defeating the No.1 participant for the primary time in a classical recreation in Spherical 6 of Norway Chess right here on Sunday (June 1, 2025).

Days after Carlsen, the five-time world champion, inflicted an enormous blow to Gukesh’s probabilities within the opening spherical of the match, the world champion, who turned 19 only some days again, struck again, catching the Norwegian unexpectedly simply when it appeared he was on the verge of dropping the sport to earn three factors.

The Indian jumped to 3rd spot with 8.5 factors and now trails the world No.1 Gukesh and American Fabiano Caruana by only one level.

It was an enormous comeback for Gukesh, who had appeared out of types within the opening recreation in opposition to Carlsen. He appeared to be dropping Sunday’s recreation as nicely earlier than he turned issues round to win his maiden Classical chess contest in 62 strikes and over 4 hours of nerve-wracking chess.

Whereas Gukesh refused to talk to the media, his Polish coach Grzegorz Gajewski mentioned the win will give {the teenager} “an enormous pump” going deeper into the match and in future battles with the Norwegian.

“It [win] simply provides an enormous pump of confidence [to Gukesh] as a result of as soon as you’ve got completed it, you already know you are able to do it once more. And that is the plan,” mentioned Gajewski.

When requested if different gamers from India will all of the sudden really feel assured about themselves beating Carlsen following Gukesh’s feat, he mentioned, It definitely does.

“And for the match [Norway Chess] that is going forward, it provides him [Gukesh] a bump. Hopefully we are able to break one other unbreakable margin. Excellent,” mentioned the Pole.