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World Champion D Gukesh defeated World No 2 Hikaru Nakamura to win his first game in Norway Chess 2025. This win came on his special day, his birthday and he turned 19 on May 29
He lost the first two rounds to World No 1 Magnus Carlsen and to fellow Indian Arjun Erigaisi. There was hence a lot of pressure on him as he faced Nakamura in round three. Gukesh played with white pieces for the first time in the event and looked solid right from the start of the game.
Though Gukesh struggled a bit in the endgame with making the right moves, he was precise and Nakamura was forced to resign on the 42nd move.
Gukesh will play round 4 against Fabiano Caruana again with white pieces while Carlsen will play against Arjun Erigaisi.Carlsen lost a couple of games one against Nakamura and another against Chinese GM Wei Yi.
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