D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025: Gukesh resigns, humbled by Carlsen in game of the year; Erigaisi beats Yi

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Move no. 55, Carlsen takes his rook to e6+, check! No more, Gukesh resigns!

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: We are close to the end game, and now its the 43rd move. Carlsen takes Gukesh’s knight with his pawn, exf6. Gukesh responds, pawn to h2, close! Carlsen’s pawn goes go f7, Gukesh’s rook to g3+. Carlsen’s king goes to d2, Gukesh’s pawn goes to h1, gets a queen, Carlsen does the same at f8. Gukesh takes his queen at h6+, bad move! Carlsen takes his king to c2 and Gukesh’s queen moves to g6+.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen takes his rook to f1, Gukesh’s pawn to g5. Carlsen takes Gukesh’s pawn with his, hxg5. Gukesh takes that pawn with his rook, xg5. Carlsen swoops his rook to fa1, Gukesh places his pawn next to the rook, h5. Carlsen taunts Gukesh, rook to a8, Gukesh takes it with his rook, xa8. Carlsen takes with his other rook, xa8+. Check, Gukesh defends, king to h7.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen’s king goes to d2, with Gukesh’s rook shifting to b2+, check. Carlsen escapes, king to d3, placed between a knight and pawns. Gukesh takes his pawn, xg2.

Carlsen attacks now, takes a pawn, xa5. Gukesh his rook to g3.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Erigaisi wins! Beats Wei Yi in the Armageddon to get 1.5 points from Round 1.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Gukesh completes his 26th move, rook to ab8, Carlsen’s pawn goes to f3, followed by Gukesh’s to a5.

Carlsen’s pawn goes to b4, Gukesh takes it, cxb3. Carlsen takes it, rook to xb3. Gukesh’s pawn goes to b4, Carlsen takes it, pawn to axb4. Gukesh takes it, rook to xb4. Carlsen defends, rook to a3. Gukesh’s other rook, goes to 38.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Wei Yi and Erigaisi make the first draw, and now have the first armageddon.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen’s knight moves to e2, and Gukesh’s pawn goes ahead, b5. Carlsen responds, knight to c3. Gukesh’s knight to f6. Carlsen takes his rook to b1.

Carlsen is done with 26 moves, and Gukesh is on his 26th, with less than 21 minutes remaining in his clock. Carlsen’s clock stands at 19:13.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen takes Gukesh’s bishop with his queen, to xf4. Gukesh puts pressure on the queen, takes his pawn to e5.

Carlsen’s queen goes back to g3 and Gukesh’s goes to g6 next. Carlsen takes his queen, xg6, Gukesh takes, pawn to fxg6. Carlsen takes his knight back to g3, and Gukesh takes Carlsen’s pawn, exd4. Carlsen takes, cxd4, Gukesh takes his pawn ahead, c4.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen’s knight goes to h5, and Gukesh responds with his bishop to xf4, takes Carlsen’s. Carlsen takes Gukesh’s bishop with his queen, to xf4.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen’s queen goes to f3 and Gukesh takes his bishop forward to d6.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen takes his knight, xe5. Gukesh defends his knight, to d7. Carlsen brings his bishop back to f4, and Gukesh pushes his queen back to a6.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen takes his pawn to h4, and Gukesh pushes his Queen to a4. 14th move now and Carlsen has his knight at e5. Gukesh takes it, his knight to xe5.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen pushes his pawn to a3 and Gukesh responds with his rook to fd8.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen takes his rook to d1, protects the king and also ready to counter. Gukesh swips his Queen to a5.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen pushes forward, takes his queen to e2 and Gukesh takes a cautious approach, pawn goes to h6 in response!

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen has also come to the confession box, says he didn’t expect Gukesh to bring his bishop and take his at xe2. Says he wasn’t prepared!

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen pushes his bishop to f3 and Gukesh takes his pawn to e6 and Magnus does the same, to c3. Gukesh taps his bishop to e7.

Carlsen now takes his knight to g3 and Gukesh castles. Nine moves done!

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen takes his bishop to e2, taunting Gukesh. Gukesh responds, with his bishop to xe2 and takes his. Carlsen takes his knight by moving his bishop to cxe2 and Gukesh pushes his bishop to c6.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen takes his pawn to e3, and Gukesh responds with his bishop to g4.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Carlsen begins with moving his pawn to d4, Gukesh responds by moving his knight to f6.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Pawn to d4 - Carlsen begins!

Next, Carlsen takes his knight to c3, with Gukesh taking his pawn to d5, and then Carlsen pushes his bishop to f4. Gukesh takes his pawn to c5.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Gukesh and Carlsen are seated, wih the Norwegian ready to play the ceremonial first move.

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Here are the complete women’s pairings-

Round 1
Muzychuk vs Khadem
Koneru vs Vaishali
Lei Tingjie vs Ju Wenjun

Round 2
Khadem vs Ju Wenjun
Vaishali vs Lei Tingjie
Muzychuk vs Koneru

Round 3
Koneru vs Khadem
Lei Tingjie vs Muzychuk
Ju Wenjun vs Vaishali

Round 4
Lei Tingjie vs Khadem
Ju Wenjun vs Koneru
Vaishali vs Muzychuk

Round 5
Khadem vs Vaishali
Muzychuk vs Ju Wenjun
Koneru vs Lei Tingjie

Round 6
Khadem vs Muzychuk
Vaishali vs Koneru
Ju Wenjun vs Lei Tingjie

Round 7
Ju Wenjun vs Khadem
Lei Tingjie vs Vaishali
Koneru vs Muzychuk

Round 8
Khadem vs Koneru
Muzychuk vs Lei Tingjie
Vaishali vs Ju Wenjun

Round 9
Vaishali vs Khadem
Ju Wenjun vs Muzychuk
Lei Tingjie vs Koneru

Round 10
Khadem vs Lei Tingjie
Koneru vs Ju Wenjun
Muzychuk vs Vaishali

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: Here are the complete men’s pairings (starting from 8:30 PM IST)-

Round 1 – May 26
Wei Yi vs Erigaisi
Caruana vs Nakamura
Carlsen vs Gukesh

Round 2 – May 27
Erigaisi vs Gukesh
Nakamura vs Carlsen
Wei Yi vs Caruana

Round 3 – May 28
Caruana vs Erigaisi
Carlsen vs Wei Yi
Gukesh vs Nakamura

Round 4 – May 29
Carlsen vs Erigaisi
Gukesh vs Caruana
Nakamura vs Wei Yi

Round 5 – May 31
Erigaisi vs Nakamura
Wei Yi vs Gukesh
Caruana vs Carlsen

Round 6 – June 1
Erigaisi vs Wei Yi
Nakamura vs Caruana
Gukesh vs Carlsen

Round 7 – June 2
Gukesh vs Erigaisi
Carlsen vs Nakamura
Caruana vs Wei Yi

Round 8 – June 3
Erigaisi vs Caruana
Wei Yi vs Carlsen
Nakamura vs Gukesh

Round 9 – June 5
Nakamura vs Erigaisi
Gukesh vs Wei Yi
Carlsen vs Caruana

Round 10 – June 6
Erigaisi vs Carlsen
Caruana vs Gukesh
Wei Yi vs Nakamura

D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen Norway Chess 2025 Live: For Gukesh, it will be about avoiding defeat. A defeat will just increase the noise from his critics. Meanwhile, a draw will be seen as a positive result, and a win will silence his critics forever!