D Gukesh scripted an epic comeback win vs Magnus Carlsen on Sunday, of their Spherical 6 Norway Chess 2025 encounter. The 18-year-old staged a comeback from a dropping place to defeat the World No. 1. The match lasted in 62 strikes and over 4 hours.
D Gukesh beat Magnus Carlsen on Sunday.(JP Nadda-X)
Carlsen’s response summed up the second as he misplaced, slamming the desk in rage. After that, he additionally shook fingers with Gukesh, who stood up, and seemed dazed. In the meantime, Carlsen even patted his again, on his method out.
Magnus Carlsen displays
Chatting with TV 2 Sport (shared by way of Norway Chess on social media), Carlsen spoke on his defeat to Gukesh and felt that he doesn’t discover classical chess enjoyable anymore. In his phrases, the Norwegian additionally seemed like he was lastly doubting himself for the primary time ever.
“I generally feel good in this tournament, I just don’t think it’s fun to play anymore, and that’s the problem. I’m sitting there in the middle of the game, thinking that I have the same position as I had so many times. It’s just moving slowly,” he mentioned.
“I don’t find it exciting, and I know I can play really well. It is satisfying to play well, but then I collapsed towards the end, and showed great weaknesses; Gukesh fights really well,” he added.
It was additionally Gukesh’s maiden classical win vs Carlsen, because the match completed in 62 strikes and over 4 hours.
In the meantime, Gukesh was humble as ever after the win. Chatting with Chess24, he mentioned, “I was just trying to play moves that were tricky for him and luckily he got into time scramble. One thing I learnt from this tournament is that time scrambles can get too much out of control.”
“99 out of 100 times I would lose. Just a lucky day,” he added.
For Gukesh, the win had a particular which means, as he additionally defeated the World No. 1, who had give up the official FIDE cycle and wouldn’t be taking part within the World C’ships.