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Magnus Carlsen is 1 of the astir recognizable players successful the athletics of chess, but helium suffered a large upset successful a classical matchup against Gukesh Dommaraju connected Sunday.
Video from the lucifer showed Dommaraju closing successful connected Carlsen successful the Norway Chess 2025 tournament. Dommaraju was yet capable to pin down Carlsen, who successful crook slammed his archetypal connected the array earlier shaking his opponent’s manus and walking away.
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Magnus Carlsen attends the quality league up of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour successful Paris, April 7, 2025. (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)
Dommaraju was arsenic successful shock.
Carlsen came into the tourney arsenic the No. 1 ranked subordinate successful the world, according to Chess.com. Dommaraju was fourth. Despite turning his attraction to freestyle chess, Carlsen inactive has a standing of 2837 compared to Dommaraju’s 2776.
Dommaraju told Chess.com helium felt similar helium was conscionable having a "lucky day" by keeping the lucifer going agelong capable to find a mode to win. He added, "99 retired of 100 times I would lose."
"I mean, [it was] not the mode I wanted it to be, but OK, I'll instrumentality it," Dommaraju said.
Magnus Carlsen participates astatine the Energy Denmark Champions Battle successful Copenhagen, May 22, 2019. (Claus Bech/Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters)
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He besides shook disconnected the Carlsen outburst.
"I've besides banged a batch of tables successful my career."
On Monday, Carlsen drew with Hikaru Nakamura and contrasted freestyle chess with classical chess.
"Losses are achy nary substance what, but astatine slightest if you tin suffer doing thing you truly bask it's easier," helium said, via Reuters.
Magnus Carlsen competes during the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour successful Paris, April 7, 2025. (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)
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"(In Freestyle chess) I don't person situations similar yesterday wherever I'm conscionable wondering wherefore americium I doing this, what's the point? I volition bash my champion successful the past 3 games (here) and past we'll see, I suppose."
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