Magnus Carlsen got a better of D Gukesh in the opening round of Norwegian chess. (Figure: Norway Chess) World No.1 Magnus Carlsen defeated the ruling world champion D Gukesh in the opening round of Norwegian Chess in Stavanger, and proved his expertise of the end game to ensure three full points in the match that lasted over four hours. The classic chess game was closed after 55 movements, with Carlsen earning a fundamental mistake of the Indian player.Carlsen now shares a lead with American Grandmaster and World No.2 Hikaru Nakamura, who defeated the American Fabiano Caruana, both players gaining three points.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!Indian arjun Erigaisi secured 1.5 points by defeating Chinese No. 1 Wei Yi in Armageddon’s game after their classic game ended in drawing. Wei earned one point from the meeting.The tournament scoring system gives three points for winning a classic format. In the case of a draw, players receive each point and each of them competes for another half point in Armageddon.The double world champion in the fast world of Humpy Konero required victory against R. Vaisali in an all-Indian match and depicted calm and accurate play to take advantage of the fault of her opponent’s end game.The highly anticipated Carlsen-Gukesh match saw Norwegian, playing with white pieces, and successfully pushing his opponent to make a fundamental mistake of the end game.“I just realized I didn’t know anything,” Carlsen admitted about his decision to play the opening of Joboava London, which did not grow as planned.Gukesh, played with black pieces, had a neutralized Carlsen white advantage of 11. Stroke and forced Norwegian to think of more than 15 minutes.“I tried to surprise him. I answered how often you do, especially in the first round, in the most clear way,” said 34 -year -old Carlsen.“It’s still quite the same, but this little imbalance is, because its structure of the infantry is a bit destroyed,” Carlsen commented after the match. He acknowledged that Gukesh “did really, really well for a long time”.When Carlsen asked about the importance of the defeat of the ruling world champion, he remained modest: “Not necessarily, but every victory in this tournament is hard to come up, so I’m happy with it.”Formerly on the day, World No. 4 Erigaisi impressed the defeat of Wei Yi in Armageddon after their initial draw in 54 movements. Erigaisi, with black pieces, played aggressively to force a draw before winning in Armageddon in time.The tournament contains top players in both open and female categories. Men’s line -up includes Gukesh, Carlsen, Caruana, Nakamura, Erigaisi and Wei Yi. In the Women’s Ruling World Champion Ju Wenjun, Lei Tingjie, Humpy, Anna Muzychuk, Vaishali and Sarasadat Khadjharieh joined.
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Both tournaments follow a double round robin format of six players with funds of the same prices, emphasizing a strong commitment to gender equality in chess. Results:OPEN: We (China) Drew is Arjun Erigaisi (India); The US lost to Hikuru (Norway) was Dgusha (India).Women’s: Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) pulled with Sara Khad (Spain); Humpy (India) conera defeated r vaisali (India); Lei Tingjie (China) drew Ju Wenjun (China).
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