Featured one of the most memorable chess encounters between Gukesh D and Magnus Carlsen from round 6 of Norway Chess 2025. Out of a Ruy Lopez, Berlin we have a strategic struggle with Carlsen in driver’s seat shortly after exchanging his bad but active dark-squared bishop for its counterpart. In a dire situation for much of the middlegame and endgame Gukesh kept fighting, kept focused, and that played its role in frustrating Carlsen into a memorable reaction in the end, banging his fist so hard on the table it knocked over his own king and beyond.
Image Magnus Carlsen in thumbnail by Norway Chess / Michal Walusza
Image of Gukesh and Carlsen in video by Norway Chess / Maria Emelianova
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 h6 9. Re1 b5 10. Bc2 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. a4 Rb8 13. d4 Ng6 14. Nf1 c5 15. Ng3 cxd4 16. cxd4 bxa4 17. Bxa4 Bb7 18. d5 a5 19. Be3 Bc8 20. b3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Nf4 22. Bc6 Rb4 23. Qc2 g6 24. Kh1 Ba6 25. Qa2 Bd3 26. Nd2 h5 27. Qxa5 Qxa5 28. Rxa5 h4 29. Ra4 Rfb8 30. Ra2 Kg7 31. Ra7 Rd4 32. Nf3 hxg3 33. fxg3 Nxh3 34. gxh3 Bxe4 35. Kh2 Rd1 36. g4 Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Nxd5 38. Re2 Nf4 39. Rc2 Kf6 40. h4 Ke6 41. Ng5+ Kd5 42. Ra5+ Kd4 43. Ra4+ Kd3 44. Rf2 f6 45. Rf3+ Ke2 46. Ra2+ Rd2 47. Rxd2+ Kxd2 48. Ne4+ Ke2 49. Kg3 d5 50. Nxf6 Rf8 51. Rf2+ Ke1 52. Nd7 Ne2+ 53. Rxe2+ Kxe2 54. Nxf8 d4 55. Ne6 d3 56. Nc5 Ke3 57. Na4 e4 58. h5 gxh5 59. gxh5 Kd2 60. Nb2 e3 61. Nc4+ Ke2 62. Kf4