D Gukesh's former coach drops verdict on Magnus Carlsen's controversial desk slam response: That has occurred earlier than

Jun 02, 2025 08:25 PM IST

Magnus Carlsen slammed the desk in frustration as he misplaced to D Gukesh on Sunday.

D Gukesh scripted a shocking revenge win in opposition to Magnus Carlsen, staging a comeback from a shedding place in the long run sport of their Round 6 pairing at Norway Chess 2025. An enormous blunder from Carlsen in the long run sport noticed Gukesh take benefit and the pair had been additionally caught in a time scramble. The defeat additionally noticed Carlsen slam the desk in anger, after which he shook Gukesh’s arms. The Norwegian additionally patted the Indian GM’s again, whereas leaving the venue. The match lasted 62 strikes and over fours.

D Gukesh defeated Magnus Carlsen on Sunday.(Twitter (Norway Chess / Michal Walusza))

The World No. 1 additionally bagged his maiden classical win. Speaking after Gukesh’s win, his former coach and India’s thirty third GM Vishnu Prasanna hailed the reigning World Champion.

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Speaking to ANI, he stated, “Carlsen is no longer a part of this cycle but he is considered the number one player widely. So I think it is probably important for Gukesh also to win some matches against Carlsen. So that apart from the World Champion, he is also aiming to be the best player.”

When requested about Carlsen’s table-slamming response, he stated, “That has happened a few times before, the game was very tense and had ups and downs. Probably Carlsen was lamenting his mischances. It was just a lot of passion there.”

Gukesh is now third within the standings, with 8.5 factors, behind Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana by only a level. It was additionally a comeback win as Gukesh misplaced to Carlsen within the opening Norway Chess spherical.

Sunday additionally noticed Caruana beat fellow American GM Hikaru Nakamura with a black attract armageddon. Meanwhile, Arjun erigaisi took benefit of a blunder by Wei Yi to win with White of their armageddon sport.

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