Watch: Magnus Carlsen bangs fist on board after loss to D Gukesh at Norway Chess, leaves in a huff | Chess News
World Champion D Gukesh secured a remarkable victory against former World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in Round 6 of Norway Chess, recovering from a losing position on Sunday, marking his first classical win over the Norwegian GM and becoming the second Indian player after R Praggnanandhaa to defeat Carlsen in this competition.Carlsen maintained control throughout most of the match, but faltered in the closing stages, allowing the 19-year-old Gukesh to capitalise and claim the win.After committing the blunder, Carlsen banged his fist on the board in frustration, shook hands in a hurry before leaving the room in visible frustration. Gukesh, left equally gobsmacked with the late turnaround, held his head in his hands.Later, Gukesh admitted he was shaking after the game and acknowledged, “I don’t know what happened.”Despite looking like Carlsen was headed towards a second win over Gukesh in the tournament, the Indian kept prolonging the game to survive. “There wasn’t much I could do. It was just clearly lost… luckily he got into a time scramble,” he said. “99 out of 100 times I would lose,” but it was “just a lucky day,” he added.Gukesh further said, “I mean, [it was] not the way I wanted it to be, but okay, I’ll take it.”Former player and now commentator Susan Polger posted on X, “Carlsen outplayed Gukesh, made massive blunder to lose a winning game!This is the biggest shock of the year! Carlsen rarely loses in classical chess, and he rarely commits big blunders. He was playing so well with the black pieces in round 6 in Norway against Gukesh. He had a winning position with more time on the clock.But Gukesh did not give up. He continued to fight and Carlsen’s advantage slowly disappeared. Then when both were in time pressure, he made a huge blunder which cost him the game.This has to be one of the most painful losses in his spectacular career. I am sure he is very angry with himself.”The victory propelled Gukesh to third place in the tournament standings with 8.5 points, positioning him just one point behind leaders Carlsen and American Fabiano Caruana.Gukesh’s coach, Grandmaster Vishnu Prasanna, reflected on the victory: “We have to give a lot of credit to Gukesh for his stubbornness and for 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 don’t think his intention was to win that, but yeah, I’m sure he is happy.“
D Gukesh stunned Magnus Carlsen in Round 6 of the Norway Chess tournament.
The unexpected victory has intensified the competition as the tournament approaches its final rounds, with the battle for the top position becoming increasingly competitive.
