Chess: ‘That’s what he was trying to go for…’ Fabiano Caruana explains why Magnus Carlsen lost his cool after loss to D Gukesh | Chess News

D Gukesh surprised Magnus Carlsen in Round 6 of the Norway Chess match.

Magnus Carlsen’s desk fist smash at Norway Chess after dropping to world champion Gukesh has grow to be a worldwide speaking level, overshadowing the precise recreation between the 2 gamers. The incident, which occurred a number of weeks in the past, confirmed the previous world champion’s frustration and led to widespread media protection and social media reactions past the chess group.Not simply the fist smash, Carlsen admitted in interviews that he stopped his automobile on the best way to his lodge to regain composure after the defeat. During the Norway Chess closing ceremony, each Gukesh and Carlsen acknowledged that their recreation, fairly than the incident, was their most memorable match second.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Fabiano Caruana, who completed second within the Norway Chess match behind Carlsen, shared his perspective on the incident throughout a current C Squared Podcast. While understanding most people’s response, he expressed shock on the chess group’s response to the state of affairs.“Magnus definitely wanted to win (against Gukesh) to prove a point: the point being that not only is he (Gukesh) not nearly as strong as Magnus but also that he’s not as strong as other players. I think that would be his point, that’s what he was trying to go for. So I think Magnus wanted to dominate. And I don’t think he cared as much if he were to dominate Arjun (Erigaisi) for example,” Caruana said on the podcast.Caruana defined Carlsen’s specific motivation towards Gukesh, noting: “Gukesh is a world champion. So that carries a bit more weight. There was also Wei Yi, who’s a great player. But it doesn’t feel like Magnus has anything that he has possibly to prove against Wei Yi or against me. Maybe against Hikaru (Nakamura) and me he would feel like this is a really nice game to win.”READ | D Gukesh picks his favorite meme on Magnus Carlsen’s desk smashThe Norway Chess match holds particular significance as it’s the solely classical format match Carlsen participates in all year long. Caruana’s victory over Gukesh within the ultimate spherical helped Carlsen safe the match win.Regarding the rising Indian chess prodigies, Caruana expressed his expectations to compete on equal phrases with gamers like Gukesh, Arjun, and R Praggnanandhaa, whereas stating he would not discover them intimidating at current.

Caruana additionally supplied his evaluation of Gukesh’s current performances: “I don’t think for the last two events (Superbet Chess Classic and Norway Chess) you can say that Gukesh is not playing close to his best classical chess. That would be a big stretch, not even a stretch I think that would just be dishonest.”He additional acknowledged Gukesh’s achievements: “But overall if you look at the last year and a half, then Budapest Chess Olympiad and FIDE Candidates and then Wijk aan Zee twice… Gukesh has had good performances. Obviously he’s been one of the players who is ambitiously fighting for first place in many events.”