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World Chess Champion D Gukesh defeated five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen at the Norway Chess 2025 Tournament in a classical chess game for the first time in his career.
Carlsen was winning the game but blundered and the 19 year old Gukesh pounced on the blunder and turned the game around in his favour.A visibly angry Magnus was seen punching the table in frustration and stomping off. Gukesh was taken aback by the result and was absorbing the emotion of a milestone victory.
Gukesh played with white pieces and was playing under firm pressure. He capitalized on a rare blunder made by the 34 year old Carlsen in the endgame and converted it into a memorable win.Though Carlsen was playing in front of his home crowd and had the upper hand in the game, Gukesh defended with composure and precision.and went on to win the game.
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