Kolkata : Indian Chess prodigy has added new record to his name, defeating world champion Magnus Carlsen for first time in Classical Chess.
Gukesh pulled off a stunning victory against the former world number one Carlsen in Round 6 of the ongoing Norway Chess 2025 tournament, turning the game around from a losing position on Sunday. He thereby became the 2nd Indian to beat Carlsen after Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.
In the video now posted on the official X handle of Norway Chess, just after the win was sealed by Gukesh, Carlsen let out his emotions by banging the table, sending some pieces falling on the board and down on the floor too. While he did not forget to shake Gukesh’s hand and give him a pat on his back as the Indian star tried collecting himself emotionally after a stunning win, Carlsen’s frustration with his performance was visible.
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Carlsen had an upper hand over Gukesh for most of the time in the match, but in the end, he couldn’t control his nerves and even resorted to blunders, and Gukesh turned the tables around and went on to win the match. With this win, D Gukesh jumped to third spot in the Norway Chess 2025 points table with 8.5 points, and now he is just 1 point behind Carlsen and American Fabiano Caruana.
Speaking after the match as quoted by Chess.com, Gukesh said about his win, “I mean, [it was] not the way I wanted it to be, but okay, I will take it.”
He also took Carlsen’s outburst in a sporting manner, understanding the frustration he must have faced, saying, “I have also banged a lot of tables in my career.”
Gukesh was still in shock after his win and the way he pulled it off from behind, saying, “99 out of 100 times I would lose,” but it was just a lucky day.”
Reacting to the upset victory, Gukesh’s coach, Grandmaster Vishnu Prasanna, praised the teenager’s resilience and fighting spirit, “We have to give a lot of credit to Gukesh for his stubbornness and his resourcefulness because I think he was aware that he was dead lost for so long, yet he kept kicking, he kept kicking, and the time went lower, the more chances he had to actually do something with the position. I do not think he intended to win that, but I am sure he is happy,” Vishnu Prasanna said.
Earlier in May, in first round, Carlsen defeated Gukesh at Norway with classic King Hunt. However, the teenager turned the tables today and defeated the world champion, bringing scoreline between them 1-1.
On other hand, fellow Indian Arjun Erigaisi beat Chinese GM Wei Yi to make it a good day for India. Arjun remains the only player with a cent-percent Armageddon score at Norway Chess. Meanwhile, in the women’s section, Vaishali beats Koneru Humpy in Armageddon.
