The Bargaining Beginning of D Gukesha until 2025 The Norwegian chess tournament continued when the young world champion fell to his second defeat in so many days, this time against compatriots Arjun Erigaisi. A teenager, who turns 19 years later this week, still has to register a single point from his opening two games and emphasized the shaky start of his Stavanger campaign.
Day after handover Loss of opening no one other than former world champion Magnus Carlsen In what turned out to be a tense opener of the tournament, Gukesh had a chance to turn with Erigaisi on Tuesday. But Erigaisi showed growing confidence in the international scene, dictating the pace of the meeting. Erigaisi opened the game with Queen’s Pawn Setup and led the match to a more traditional classic format. Gukesh, played with black pieces, decided for a familiar defensive setting, but soon found himself in position and time.
It wasn’t long before the clock became a critical factor. At a time when the game passed through the early phases, Gukesh was already facing significant time pressure – he watched his opponent by an hour over an hour. This disparity proved to be decisive as the end game approached. Under the intense time pressure, Gukesh has been left in the last stages when Arjun Erigaisi calmly directed the game to the conclusion. After 62 master movements, Erigaisi performed a clinical knight maneuver, which left no space for escape, which forced Gukesh to admit.
It was not the first time that Erigaisi exceeded his younger peers this year. At Tata Steel Chess Tournament, who undermined Gukesh’s title, at that time undermined Gukesh. In Norway, Erigaisi stood on this dynamics. The tournament began with a strong victory of Tiebreak over the Chinese Wei Yi and is now sitting on 4.5 points out of two Her-Exercise return in such a high caliber.
When the next round is approaching, Gukesh faces a strict challenge in the American veteran Hikaru Nakamura as he tries to turn his appearance. Erigaisi, on the other hand, will try to continue his impressive run when he meets Fabiano Caruana.
Published:
Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
28. May 2025
