D Gukesh defeated Wei Yi to stay in rivalry for the title in the Norwegian chess. (Twitter/Norway Chess) The number of the world-one Magnus Carlsen leads the world champion D Gukesh at half a point, which is heading to the last round of the Norwegian chess 2025 after both players won their classic games in nine rounds. Carlsen defeated Fabiano Caruan while Gukesh overwhelmed Wei Yi and set up an exciting final with both players who competed for the tournament victory.Carlsen’s victory went through the victims of a pawn in the Catalan opening against Caruan and eventually transferred another pawn in the end game. Norwegian felt that his opponent’s game lacked inspiration during the meeting.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!“I felt his game was not very inspired for most of the time – it didn’t feel like it was quite,” Carlsen said during the broadcast.Despite his victory, Carlsen expressed the disappointment of his overall performance of the tournament, especially with reference to his earlier loss against Gukesh.“The dream of playing a really good tournament with this game. I just wanted a score that reflects the fact that I think I’m still much better in chess, and because I couldn’t achieve that there wouldn’t be so much in the tournament.”Gukesh kept pressure on Carlsen with an impressive victory over Wei Yi. The World Champion employed a rare move 8.QD3 in Petroff’s defense and noted that his opponent “was not aware of the details” of this position.
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Hikaru Nakamura remains in rivalry for the first place after drew his classic game against Arjun Erigaisi and won in Armageddon. Nakamury victory in Tiebreak came after four consecutive Armageddon losses.Regarding the candidates tournament and the potential challenges of the Gukesha World Championship, Carlsen shared his perspective: “I think if Hikaru or Fabi, or probably Nepo (Ian NepomnacTchi), when they were popular in the match against Gukesh.”In the Women’s section, Anna Muzychuk took the lead after defeating the World Women’s World Ju Wenjun. Former Humpy leader lost to Lei Tingjie after a mistake from the winning position and fell to second place.Muzychuk’s victory was a remarkable exchange victim, which gained praise from the commentator GM David Howell. After her victory, Muzychuk focused on the current moment and said, “I’m still in this game, that’s what ended! I didn’t think anything about it tomorrow.Lei Tingjie’s victory over Humpy meant a turn in her tournament performance. After Lei, he commented that he noticed the fundamental mistakes of his opponent: “When she played … BC5 I tried to make sure if it was wrong and I thought, yeah, yes!”Sara Khad has secured her second classic victory of the event against Vaisali Rameshbab in a complex game with more tactical opportunities.
