D Gukesh stuns the world no. 1 Magnus Carlsen (picture of credit: chess.com) New Delhi: Defense of World Champion D. Gukesh amazed world 1 Magnus Carlsen in the sixth round of the Grand Chess Tour Superunited Rapid 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia on Thursday and confiscated a single lead with 10 points.Gukesh, who shared the lead after 1 day, continued his dominant run by defeating Uzbekistani Nodirbek Abdusattorov and American Grand Master Fabiano Caruana in the fourth and fifth rounds and prepared for a clash with Carlsen.Before their expected meeting Carlsen, he downplayed this challenge and noted that he would treat the game “as if playing one of the probably weaker players”.But Gukesh did otherwise, playing Norwegian in a quick format and making a strong statement about the intention. This was the first of the three scheduled meetings between two heavy weights in the tournament – the remaining games will be played in Blitz format.
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“It is nice that I could win two games in a row of loss of positions – and against Magnus,” Gukesh said after victory.With five wins in a row, Gukesh will take a two -point lead to tomorrow’s last day of fast chess!“A very important day! Now we can question Magnus’s domination. It’s not just a second loss – it’s a very convincing loss!” Garry Kasparov said after Gukesh defeated Carlsen.
