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D Gukesh's silver lining after ending last at Clutch Chess: 'These guys won't be there at FIDE World Cup'
October 30, 2025 12:15 pm
D Gukesh lost five out of six games to Carlsen over the three-day tournament with the remaining clash ending in a draw.
Magnus Carlsen wins Clutch Chess with 2 rounds to spare: 'I'm quite a bit better than others when I'm playing well'
October 30, 2025 12:56 pm
Carlsen defeated world champion Gukesh five times in six games over the three days, with one contest on the first day ending as a draw. Gukesh ended last in the standings in an event which also featured the world's top three players.
Magnus Carlsen beats D Gukesh twice at Clutch Chess; world champion at bottom of standings, world no 1 at top
October 29, 2025 7:49 pm
Gukesh had three draws and three defeats on the second day of the event while Carlsen won four games and lost two.
Magnus Carlsen's brutal self-assessment: 'My mind was not working at all today... got two more points than I should have'
October 28, 2025 8:08 pm
Carlsen is playing in an over-the-board event after becoming a father recently. Asked about his assessment about his form, a candid Carlsen said: "I will say that I scored about two more points than than I should have probably today."
'He'd quite often checkmate me': Magnus Carlsen on why Daniel Naroditsky was special
October 27, 2025 2:49 pm
Last week, speaking about Naroditsky after his death, Carlsen had said: "It’s a great loss. It’s very sad for all of us that somebody who was such a resource to the chess community and also had a universally high approval rating from everybody he met was led to the place that he was.”
Magnus Carlsen’s Norway skip European Team Championships due to lack of funds
October 12, 2025 7:50 am
As per the figures announced by the Norwegian Chess Federation, a budget of 2,00,000 Norwegian kroner (approximately Rs 17.5 lakh) has been allocated for the federation's Top Chess Committee, which looks after elite players. This pales in comparison to amounts that chess players can make. Gukesh, for example, pocketed approximately Rs 13.6 crore from prize winnings in 2024 alone.
'Magnus Carlsen has great genes': FIDE on X as Carlsen becomes father for first time
October 01, 2025 1:16 pm
FIDE’s message also makes a not-so-subtle reference to the infamous ‘jeans-gate’ incident at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz in December last year when Carlsen had withdrawn from the Rapid portion after being warned by an arbiter for wearing jeans to matches
‘As long as Pragg's there…’: Magnus Carlsen names Indian as he talks about Candidates contenders
September 20, 2025 3:44 pm
When Magnus Carlsen was asked if he was surprised by Anish Giri and Matthias Bluebaum securing the top two spots at the FIDE Grand Swiss, the world no 1 said: "For sure... Giri, I think got the friendliest pairings in the whole tournament for a long time."
Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, who held Gukesh to draw today, once beat Magnus Carlsen in 41 seconds in blitz game
September 06, 2025 12:24 pm
14-year-old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus managed to hold Gukesh to a 46-move draw with black pieces. It was a game where Gukesh applied relentless pressure in the middle game, but eventually, Erdogmus found resources to claim a draw. It’s the kind of escape that would have made even Gukesh proud.
Eight months after Magnus Carlsen row, FIDE breaks with tradition, allows players to wear jeans at Grand Swiss
September 01, 2025 10:49 am
“Sometimes the laundry doesn’t come back on time. So having jeans as option to wear is definitely convenient for the players,” Arjun Erigaisi told The Indian Express, before adding: “I like wearing jeans, of course with a blazer.”
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