The day after his dramatic defeat D Gukesh in the 6th round of the Norwegian chess tournament, Magnus Carlsen recognized “energy” and “combat characteristics” of the world champion and admitted that he would win the competition on a normal day.
Carlsen, 34, dominated the game in the 6th round largely, but eventually the mistake under time pressure and on Sunday 1 June gave victory to 19 years of India. The five -time world champion hit the table Fist, which caused the pieces to disperse. Later he shook his hands with Gukesh, reset the album and left and patted the young man.
“I think I remember that I am alone in the age, and sometimes the kind of energy such as combat characteristics and only optimism is sometimes, you know, greater than the quality of your movements,” Carlsen said on Monday.
“So I think he was just more or less blindly pushed for a long time. And then, yeah, on a normal day, of course, I win this game and things look completely different,” Carlsen added.
Carlsen appreciated Gukesh’s resistance and willingness to take a moment, although he was 6 rounds for most of his match.
“What he (Gukesh) does well, as I mentioned, is that he really fights very, very well, and he took advantage of the chance, so he deserves recognition. But that’s a chance I really have to give.
The legendary Susan Polgar called it one of the most painful losses in Carlsen’s decorated career and the Norwegian body language on Monday told the story.
He was more composed after victory in Armageddon with Armageddon in Armageddon over the US World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura, but the scars of Sunday were obvious.
Isn’t Carlsen classic anymore?
Carlsen was thinking about his future in a classic chess and said he would rather withstand the pain of loss in the format she loves.
“I think I will play the last three games (in the Norwegian chess), and then I will have to decide next year here or potential other tournaments later, because, yeah, I just don’t like it (classic chess),” he said.
When Carlsen asked directly if he was considering leaving classic events, he didn’t rule out, “It’s possible, yeah. I’m not going to sit here and say I won’t play classic events anymore, but it’s not right now.”
He added, “The point is that you know, the losses are painful no matter, but at least when I can lose something I really enjoy (blitz, fast or freestyle), then it’s much easier. It’s not that I can’t play it (classic chess), it’s just a situation like yesterday (loss for Gukesh).
In the 7th round, Carlsen and the American Grand Master Hikaru Nakamura agreed on a 21-bar draw in a classic format before Norwegian won the Armageddon tone.
Published:
Akshay Ramesh
Published on:
June 3, 2025
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