World Champion de Gukesh Norway Chess Tournament made his fourth win in 2025. In the 9th round played on Thursday, he defeated China's Wei Yi. Now Gukesh has 14.5 points and is just half the point behind Magnus Carlson, who is at the top of the table. Gukesh has come in second place.
Gukesh will face American grandmaster Fabiano Carua in the 10th and final round of the tournament. Carua's points are fourth in the table.
Meanwhile, another Indian Grandmaster Arjun Airigacy is fifth with 11.5 points.
Gukesh will face American grandmaster Fabiano Carua in the 10th round.
Hampi sliding second place In the women's category, all three classical games were crucial and this led to some major changes in the points table. Anna Muzichuk defeated women world champion Ju Venjun and took a two -point lead.
Indian Grandmaster Konera Hampi Lee lost to Tingji and slipped in second place. Sara Khadem won her second classical match of the event against Vaishali Rameshbabu.
Coonu Hampi faced defeat against Lee Tingji in the ninth round.
Gekesh beat Carlson in the sixth round Indian star de Gukesh defeated the world's No.1 Magnus Carlson in the sixth round. This was Gukesh's first win against Carlson in classical chess. After the defeat, Carlson punched on a chess board in anger, causing the pieces of chess to be scattered. However, he later apologized to Gukesh and also shook his back. After this, he did not talk to the media and went.
Gukesh is the current World Champion Gekesh won China's Ding Liren by 7.5-6.5 in the final of the World Chess Championship in Singapore in December. Gukesh is the world's first player to win the World Chess Championship at the age of 18. In 1985, Russia's Gary Kasparov won the title at the age of 22.
Gucesh won the title by beating a Chinese player in the 14th game. The championship final began on November 25, with 13 games between the two till December 11.
Gukesh also won the chess olympiad Chess Olympiad was held in Budapest last year from September 10 to 23. India became champions in both open and women categories. In the open category, Gukesh won the final game and gave India a victory.
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