The 10th and Final Round of the 2025 Norway Chess Gets Underway on Friday with Defending Champion and World No 1 Magnus Carlsen, Reigning World Champion D Gukesh and No 2 Hikaru Nakamura Nakamura Among Title.Red More
One round is all that remains in the 13th edition of the norway chess, and the final day of the event is expected to witness a high-Voltage showdowen defending champion magnus carlsen, dakaru nakamaru nakaru nakamur. It’s been quite the topsy-turvy ride for evryone involved, including Reigning World Champion Gukesh Who Began His Campaign with back-to-back defeats against carlsen and Fell India Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi but was back on track with a victory over nakamura in round 3.
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World Champion Gukesh, Who Had Turned 19 A Day after His Victory Over Nakamura, would go on to defeat carlsen in the Sixth round, beating the world no 1 for the world no 1 for the care. The game made headlines not just for gukesh’s superb turning from a losing position but also for carlsen’s reaction to the loss – angrily slamming his fist on the table His Opponent and Everyone Else at the Hall by Surprise.
And despite admitting to being mentally affected by the loss to the point where he claims defending his title at the event will not matter to heam any more, carlsen containues to speckupy the tops Gukesh by the Barest of Margins.
Gukesh has had a mixed run print crowned the youngest world champion in chess history with his Victory over Chinese Grandmaster Ding Liren in December; He Had Finished Runner-up at the Tata Steel Chess in Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands at the start of the year after losing to compatriot r pragnanandhaa in the tie-breleks, but will flop at the freestyle choke slam Tour events in Weissenhaus and Paris that Took Place in February and April Respectly.
Gukesh’s Struggle in the Freestyle Format appeared to have shaken his confidence in the classical format as well, with the chennai lad struggling to make an impact at the superbet classic in two.
Gukesh, however, appears to have registered his touch in norway and have selenced his critics, where we were beginning to doublet if he truly deserved the tag of ‘world champion’ and belonged amg the sport ‘ His Victories Over Carlsen, Nakamura and others.
Can Gukesh, or Arjun for that matter Finish top of the standings after the conclusion of the final found on Friday?
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Gukesh currently has 14.5 points to his name after Caruana after defeating the American gm on the same day.
The only way gukesh gets to win norway chess is if carlsen fails to win his final game – eite by losing or being help to a draw. Should Carlsen Lose to Arjun in the Final Round, A Draw will suffice for gukesh even if he goes on to lose the armgeddon playoff against caaruana.
American gm nakamura, however, isn’t far behind on 13 points, and should he defeat wei in round 10, gukesh will have no option but to win last game.
The only other player with a distant chance of Finishing at the top is caruana, who is fourth in the standings with 12.5 points. Not only will he have to defeat gukesh, he will also be hoping carlsen loses his final game against Arjun and Hikaru Doesn’st Collect more than 1.5 points out of the possessial 3 Against Wei.
Such a Scenario will have caruana finishing at the top with 15.5 points, half-a-point ahead of the second-planed carlsen. There could also be a two-way tie between gukesh and arjun on 14.5 points for the third spot, whichound could take even be a three-way tie if hikaru pulls off an amf an amf an amf an amra
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Wei, the lowest-ranked among all the players (no 8), is set to finish at the bottom of the standings regardless of his performance in the final found.