D Gukesh once again stunned world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. The reigning world champion defeated him in the sixth round of the Grand Chess Tour SuperUnited Rapid 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia. The win also propelled Gukesh to the top spot in the ongoing tournament. This victory comes just a month after Gukesh had beaten Carlsen in Classical Chess for the first time.

This was Gukesh’s fifth straight win in the competition. The victory also came in the wake of the Norwegian calling the youngest world champion ‘on of the weaker players’ in the tournament.

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"Gukesh hasn't done anything to indicate that he's going to do well in such a tournament," Carlsen said in an interview ahead of the event, according to a NDTV report.

"Gukesh actually played quite well here last time. But it remains to be proven that he's one of the best players in such a format. This is a very, very strong field that we have here. Players like Gukesh and Anish Giri... they have a lot to prove because there aren't a lot of players you can feast on. In the course of 27 rounds, things usually show. I hope for Gukesh's sake that he can play better, but playing him in this tournament I will sort of approach it as I'm playing one of the presumably weaker players in the tournament actually," he added.

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Gukesh began with losing to Duda. He then defeated Alireza Firouzja along with Praggnanandhaa. Carlsen beat Wesley So and drew two games against Ivan Saric and Duda to go level with Gukesh on points before they faced off.

The last time Gukesh defeated Carlsen, the Norwegian banged the table in anger. This time there were no such theatrics. Carlsen is currently on top of the FIDE rankings. Gukesh is currently ranked fifth. One can look forward to many more battles in the coming years between these two great minds of the game. One is already a legend, another is looking set to become one.

Gukesh began with losing to Duda. He then defeated Alireza Firouzja along with Praggnanandhaa. Carlsen beat Wesley So and drew two games against Ivan Saric and Duda to go level with Gukesh on points before they faced off.

The last time Gukesh defeated Carlsen, the Norwegian banged the table in anger. This time there were no such theatrics. Carlsen is currently on top of the FIDE rankings. Gukesh is currently ranked fifth. One can look forward to many more battles in the coming years between these two great minds of the game. One is already a legend, another is looking set to become one.