Magnus Carlsen has won the norway Chess Super Title for the 7th time. indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh disappointed indian fans by finishing third. In the final round of the norway Chess Series, India's D. Gukesh played against Fabiano Caruana. In this, Gukesh made a crucial mistake due to time pressure and lost. This defeat robbed Gukesh of the chance to win the first place. He finished third with a total of 14.5 points. Caruana finished second with 15.5 points. Carlsen won the championship title with 16 points. It is noteworthy that earlier, Gukesh had captured everyone's attention by defeating Carlsen. So there was an expectation that he would win the Norwegian Chess championship this time. Since Gukesh is the world champion, there was an expectation that he would overtake Carlsen and win the Norwegian Chess championship as well. However, that did not happen, which has disappointed indian chess fans.
In the women's category, Anna Muzychuk from ukraine won the title with 16.5 points. In the final round, she lost to indian player R. Vaishali in an Armegatan tie-break but won the championship title. Vaishali finished the series with 11 points. In this series, 3 points will be awarded for a win in the classical game. In case of a draw, both players will be awarded 1 point each. After that, an Armegatan tie-break will be held. The winner of that will be given an additional 0.5 points. Another indian star player Koneru Humpy drew a classical match against Ju Wenjun, won the Armageddon, and finished the series with 15 points.
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Sowmiya Sriram

07/06/2025 10:04 AM