‘When you come for the king …’: Magnus Carlson quoted the wire after defeating D Gukesh in Norway Chess

Magnus Carlson on Monday defeated world champion D Gukesh in the early stages of Norway Chess, scoring three full points in a classical format game that lasted for four hours and 56 tricks. Carlson employed the inaugural move of Jobwa London, rarely used to challenge Gukesh, who had been playing their first classical game against Norwegian since winning the world title in Singapore last year.Gukesh, playing with black pieces, successfully neutralized the benefits of the white from the 11th move and briefly placed Carlson in a difficult position. However, the five -time world champion Carlson, now mainly focused on small formats such as rapid, blitz and freestyle chess, demonstrated his permanent mastery of classical format.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!After the victory, Carlson said, “He is also an ambitious player, so I thought we are not necessarily a completely flat game because he is equal to the least opening.”“It looked a bit risky to me, as well as because his claws were quite sharp, but I could not keep myself the game there, and then towards the end, I just wanted to make sure that when she was doing the queen of the pawn, I was calculating everything. I know that I am always worried, but I am using a few minutes, but I use a few minutes.”Asked if it is more to defeat the world champion, Carlson commented, “Not necessarily, but it is difficult to win every victory in this tournament, so I am happy with it.”However, his social media posts made things clear. On X, Carlson shared a meme with a popular US TV series The Wire Reading, “When you come to the king, you are not the best.”In another important match of the six-Khiladi round-robin open category, Indian player Arjun Erigasi, who was ranked number 4 in the world, won against Chinese rival V Yi in Armagadon, when his initial game ended in a draw after 54 tricks.The Erygassi maintained an aggressive approach to force the draw before winning in the armgaden format, playing with black pieces. Despite having only seven minutes compared to ten minutes of Wei in Armagadon, the Erigasi managed to overcome the loss of this time.

The initial result results placed the Erigasi at 1.5 points, while Wei scored a point. Under the rules of Norway Chess, players score three points to win a classical format, a point for a draw, and Armagaden winning additional 0.5 points.The tournament’s spotlight was focused on the matchup between Teenage World Champions Gukesh and World No. 1 Carlsen, although the performance of Erigasi against China’s top player proved equally notable.