Magnus Carlsen loses composure; slams fist as D Gukesh defeats the World No. 1 first time in Classical Chess

Just as Magnus Carlsen looked comfortable with his streak of wins at the Norway Chess Tournament, the 19 year old world champion used a major blunder from Carlsen to his advantage and turned the game his way. Gukesh, maintaining his lost composure from the last face off with Carlsen, showed attack and defence in the second game between the masters. 

The Round 6 game in Norway had D Gukesh v Magnus Carlsen, the fierce pair who on their second match up after the World Cup win, ended in a glorious win for Gukesh and a slightly disheveled tone for Carlsen. The World No. 1 was seemingly so upset that he slammed his fist at the table after Gukesh defied all possibilities for a draw, well planned and driven. 

GM Magnus Carlsen maintained control throughout the game yet lost some towards the end, which led for Gukesh to capitalise and attack. Both the players were high on emotions as Carlsen bursted out with a slam, yet shook hands with Gukesh, who equally had a disbelieving expression. 

Later Gukesh acknowledged the game and said, “”I don’t know what happened. “There wasn’t much I could do. It was just clearly lost…luckily he got into a time scramble”. Gukesh also said that the chances of him losing were high and it was just a lucky day. Although he added he didn’t expect the win to come this way, he’ll take it. 

The outburst is considerable as Magnus Carlsen rarely makes a huge bouncer especially in Classical Chess, making this time scrabble and a blunder owned aptly by Gukesh one of the rare outings. Gukesh now walks away with 3 points while Arjun Erigaisi drew a 1.5 against Wei Yi. Gukesh v Carlsen was the only clean win in Round 6 as Nakamura v Caruana ended with 1 – 1.5 respectively. 

Women’s Norway Chess 2025 armageddon had Anna Muzychuk winning over Sara Khadem for 1.5 -1 while Vaishali and Ju Wenjun each securing 1.5.