Magnus Carlsen Praises Gukesh’s Fighting Spirit at Norway Chess: On Sunday, Carlsen had his opponent on the ropes for a match in the Norway Chess 2025 tournament, but his composure cracked under the pressure of a ticking clock, and he committed a blunder that handed India’s Gukesh a decisive advantage.
Magnus Carlsen Praises Gukesh’s Fighting Spirit at Norway Chess
Magnus Carlsen praised Gukesh’s fighting qualities, saying the Indian was always game for grabbing his chances, which he did despite being in a disadvantageous situation for most part of the Round 6 game. What Gukesh does well, as I really, really fight very, very well, and he was there to take his chance, so he deserves credit for that and the kind of chance that has to be put away. Otherwise, I have no chance.” The Norwegian world No. 1 opined.
Carlsen said, “It is possible, yeah. I’m not going to sit here and say that I’m not going to play classical events ever again, but right now I don’t,” when asked if he was thinking about the possibility of concentrating on freestyle or blitz chess in the future. I would have loved for the situation in the tournament to be different, but I had no desire whatsoever to play classical today,” he noted.
There were many tempting options, but then all of a sudden I discovered that move. It may have been played before, but I did not know for sure,” added Carlsen.
On paying more attention to golf, his second passion, Carlsen said, “Yeah, I mean, honestly, it is good to do something to get my mind off of the games, and when the games start at 5pm in Norway Chess, then I have some time to both do that and get some lunch with my wife and everything. So, that’s nice,” Carlsen signed off.
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In a powerful message for the Indian chess sensation, industrialist Anand Mahindra hailed Gukesh Dommaraju for his calm victory over five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen. On Sunday, Carlsen had his opponent on the ropes for much of the match in the Norway Chess 2025 tournament, but his composure cracked under the pressure of a ticking clock, and he committed a blunder that handed India’s Gukesh an advantage, a Reuters report said.
I think like I remember being at that age myself. Sometimes our energy and fighting qualities are bigger than the quality of your moves. So for a long time, he was more or less blindly pushing, and then on a normal day, I won that game, and things worked quite differently. The thing he does well is he really fights very well.
The 19-year-old world champion, also known as, became the second Indian player to beat Carlsen in the competition’s history after Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa. Following the win, Gukesh had jumped to third spot in the Norway Chess 2025 points table with 8.5 points, and now he is just one point behind Carlsen and American Fabiano Caruana.
Carlsen also revealed that he doesn’t enjoy the classical format of the game as much as he does Blitz, Rapid or Freestyle and stated that he would have a think about his future in the classical game at the conclusion of the ongoing event in Norway. I think I’ll play the last three games in Norway Chess, and then I will have to make some decisions about next year here or potentially other tournaments later, because, yeah, I just don’t enjoy classical chess that much,” the five-time champion said.
Carlsen alluded to his love for golf, stating, “Yeah, I mean, honestly, it’s good to do something to get my mind off of the games, and when the games start at 5pm in Norway Chess, then I have some time to both do that and get some lunch with my wife and everything. So, that’s nice,” he concluded
Conclusion
In this article we discussed Magnus Carlsen praising Gukesh’s fighting spirit at Norway Chess: On Sunday, Carlsen had his opponent on the ropes for a match in the Norway Chess 2025 tournament. There were many tempting options, but then all of a sudden I discovered that move. would have loved for the situation in the tournament to be different, but I had no desire whatsoever to play classical today.
