Norway Chess 2025 update; D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlseen | Arjun Erigaisi | Norway Chase Tournament- Carlson defeated Gukesh: Gukesh will face Arjun in second round, Karlson’s match with Hikaru

Magnus Carlson (left) and D Gukesh during the first round match of the Norway Chase tournament.

The current world chase champion D Gukesh lost in the first round of the Norway Chess tournament 2025. He was defeated by a five-time world champion and current World No.-1 Magnus Carlson at the last minute of the match and scored a full three points.

18 -year -old Gukesh kept pressure on 34 -year -old Karlson most of the time in a classical game, which lasted for more than four hours, but after that the Indian player made a mistake by taking advantage of which Karlson won 55 tricks.

In the second round, you will face Arjun Karlson scored three points from this victory and he is in a joint lead with American Grandmaster and world number two Hikaru Nakamura. Nakamura defeated compatriot Fabiano Karuana.

In the second round, Gukesh will face compatriot Arjun Arigasi. At the same time, Carlson will compete with Hikaru Nakamura. Arjun Arigasi, the second Indian player participating in the tournament, defeated China’s number one player Wei Yi.

Who is D Gukesh? The full name of Gukesh D is Domamaraju Gukesh. He hails from Chennai. Gukesh was born on 7 May 2006 in Chennai. He started playing chess at the age of 7. He was initially given coaching by Bhaskar Nagaiya.

Nagaiya has been an international chase player and Chase has a home tutor in Chennai. After this, Vishwanathan Anand gave Gukesh coaching along with giving information about the game. Gukesh’s father is a doctor and mother is a microbiologist by profession.

Gukesh current world champion Gukesh won the title by defeating Ding Liran of China 7.5-6.5 in the World Chase Championships played in Singapore in December. Gukesh is the first player in the world to win the World Chase Championship at the age of 18. Earlier in 1985, Russia’s Gary Casparov won the title at the age of 22.

Gukesh won the title by defeating the Chinese player in the 14th game. The championship final started on 25 November, 13 games were played between the two by 11 December.

Gukesh also won the Chase Olympiad Chase Olympiad was held in Budapest last year from 10 to 23 September. India became champions in both Open and Women’s category. In the open category, Gukesh won the final game and won India.