Magnus Carlsen humbled at Norway Chess 2025 with back-to-back defeats after win over D Gukesh: ‘I am dissatisfied in myself’

Two days after beating world champion D Gukesh and
aggressive posturing on social media
, Magnus Carlsen was humbled by Wei Yi on Wednesday because the world No.1 chess participant suffered his first defeat to the Chinese language Grandmaster.

The match between Carlsen and Wei Yi on the Norway Chess 2025 initially led to a draw earlier than the five-time world champion was
surprised within the Armageddon
on his dwelling turf. The match went on for 51 strikes with Carlsen having the white items, however the Norwegian was unable to interrupt world No.8 Wei Yi’s defence.

Within the Armageddon tie-breaker, Carlsen blundered greater than as soon as, which is sort of uncommon in a fast format however strikes like 24.Rxf7 and 25.Rxf5 put him right into a dropping place and Wei Yi accomplished the duty quickly.

Carlsen ‘dissatisfied with himself’ after defeat

Carlsen blamed the dearth of vitality for his defeat within the Armageddon tie-breaker. “I’m dissatisfied in myself. I felt like I didn’t have sufficient vitality for this Armageddon,” Carlsen mentioned after dropping to Wei Yi.

Apparently, that is Carlsen’s second consecutive Armageddon defeat after dropping in the identical vogue to Hikaru Nakamura on Tuesday. Not less than towards Nakamura, Carlsen had black items.

Wei Yi was extraordinarily delighted after beating Carlsen for the primary time in his profession. “I’m very completely happy not solely as a result of it’s my first win of the match but in addition the primary one towards Magnus Carlsen,” he instructed the Take Take Take app.

The Chinese language No.1, nevertheless, added that he’s in no temper to rejoice as he faces Nakamura on Thursday. “There’s not an excessive amount of time to rejoice as a result of tomorrow I’ll face Hikaru and that received’t be straightforward.”

Gukesh beats Nakamura to clinch first win

In different outcomes, Gukesh defeated Nakamura to safe his first win on the Norway Chess 2025 on the eve of his nineteenth birthday, whereas Arjun Erigaisi misplaced to Fabiano Caruana.

“I really feel fairly good (in regards to the win). I believe my time administration was significantly better at present than earlier than. He (Nakamura) had some drawing probabilities, however I suppose, general, it was good,” Gukesh mentioned after beating Nakamura and breaking the dropping streak.

“Clearly, the final two video games have been type of robust. However at present I simply tried to play it as a contemporary match. Glad I performed (like that),” he added.