Arjun Erigaisi won the battle of the Indians at the Norway Chess 2025 on Tuesday as he defeated world champion D Gukesh to register his second consecutive victory in the tournament . Arjun Erigaisi is now in a joint lead at the prestigious classical chess tournament after having beaten China’s Wei Yi in the Armageddon tie-breaker, on Monday.
Things are not the same for India’s 18-year-old chess star D Gukesh, though, as he is currently at the bottom of the six-player standings with 0 points. He had lost to world No.1 Carlsen on Monday.
One loss or two is not a major concern as far as Gukesh is concerned, but the nature of the defeats is also a bit troubling now. Carlsen gave Gukesh an early advantage by making one of the easiest opening moves, but Gukesh failed to capitalise and a late blunder allowed the Norwegian to defeat the reigning world champion and win the battle of prestige .
