World Champion D Gukesh brought his campaign back to his 19th birthday and defeated World Nakamura from the US in the third round to open his account, even though Arrigaisi suffered his first defeat in the Norwegian chess tournament on Thursday.
Gukesh, who suffered back defeats in the world in the world no. 1 Norwegian Magnus Carlsen and compatriot Arjun Erigaisi, gave Nakamuru-in order from the best fast and blitz players-the time pressure to win the game in 42 movements and gather three points.
Gukesh, who was in the last two games, played with white pieces, was the one who made Nakamura and stared at the third round in the third tournament of six players.
“I feel pretty good (about victory).
Nakamura realized soon after the start of the game that something went wrong soon at the opening of the piano in Giuoco. He decided to reverse the situation by switching to Kingside attack, which could use the vulnerability of Gukesh after a difficult start.
But the Indian was not vulnerable.
Although Nakamura approached the draw, he confessed too soon. When the American offered a draw from movement 30, instead he met with the movement he sent him to a descending spiral.
After two consecutive defeats, he was a remarkable fighter and acknowledged that the previous two days were difficult for him.
“Yeah, of course, the last two games were a bit difficult. But today I just tried to play it like a fresh tournament. I’m glad I played (like this),” Gukesh said.
Asked if the victory on Thursday was a direct consequence of the clock administration better than the previous days, he admitted that it had been a “clearly terrible” management of time in the last two games.
“I’m glad my time management and my game was quite good (today),” he added.
Gukesh, whose main strength lies in the classic chess, also asked if he would be comfortable in the tournament in Armageddon’s tie.
“Yeah, I think at some point it will come for sure. But right now I’m with this (win).”
Arjun Erigaisi loses
After an excellent start, Erigaisi suffered failure when he went down to the Grand Master Fabiano Caruan, while the defending champion Carlsen lost the Armageddon break with the Chinese Wei Yi.
Caruana jumped into a single lead after she signed up for three more points to move his sum to six while Carlsen was second on five points and Erigaisi and Nakamura tied to the third position with 4.5 points.
Caruana started the game with a very rare 7h4 in French defense and Erigaisi playing with black pieces, said he was optimistic, that he could pull out victory because “White is a little inadequately developed” move in French defense.
After the match, however, Caruana said that his Indian opponent’s optimism was the reason for his loss.
“I was a little mentally preparing for a draw when he knew the opening very well and we achieved the same end games, but he thought it was a little better, and maybe optimism led him a little bad,” Caruana said.
It was a remarkable turn for Caruana, which now leads the tournament after two classic victories in a row, although it begins with the loss of Nakamura. After the victory, he also returned his position of world No. 3 on the list of living rating from Erigaisi.
Humpy Katery in the joint lead
In the women’s competition, the double world champion Rapid Rapid Koneru Humpy, playing with white pieces, appeared in the third round to a common leader with Ukraine Anna Muzychuk after winning the Grandmaster of the Iranian-Spanish wife Sara Khad.
Chinese Ju Wenjun got a better of r Vaisali in the Armageddon tone.
Results (3 round):
Open: Fabiano Caruana (USA – 6) BT Arjun Erigaisi (Ind – 4,5); D Gukesh (Ind – 3) BT Hikaru Nakura (USA – 4,5); Magnus Carlsen (nin) lost Wei Yi (CHN-2,5 in Armageddon Tie-Break).
Women: Konra Humpy (Ind -6) BT Sara Khas (ESP -2); Ju Wedon (CHN -4) Br Vaishanly (Ind -2) in Armageddon in Tea.
Published:
Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
29. May 2025
