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Carlsen downplays victory at SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia: 'I had one good day... that turned out to be enough'
Magnus Carlsen overcame a slow start at the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia, the third event of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour, ...
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Magnus Carlsen wins Grand Chess Tour Zagreb: My B-game is enough
Magnus Carlsen clinched the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz combined title in Croatia. His steady Blitz performance overturned ...
Chess: World No 1 Carlsen dominates in Zagreb despite another loss to Gukesh
India’s world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, 19, had created a bang, literally, last month at Stavanger when he defeated Magnus Carlsen on the 35-year-old’s home turf. Images of the Norwegian’s angry ...
'My B-game is usually enough': Magnus Carlsen reacts after dominating Grand Chess Tour 2025
Carlsen finished at the top of the leaderboard with 22.5 out of 36 points. He looked calm and confident throughout the ...
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‘My B-game is usually enough,’ says Carlsen after winning Grand Chess Tour Croatia
Magnus Carlsen is unstoppable when he is in full flow. It appears he is still the superior player on the planet, especially ...
Kasparov feels Gukesh not yet ready to conquer Blitz after sudden loss of form in Croatia: 'Something is wrong...'
D Gukesh endured a miserable run in the Blitz leg of SuperUnited Croatia after shining in the Rapid games to surrender the ...
Gukesh Settles for Strategic Third; Carlsen Triumphs with playful Display in Zagreb
The highly anticipated individual showdown between World Champion Gukesh and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen at the SuperUnited ...
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Wesley So finishes runner-up to Carlsen in Croatia, bags P1.7 million
Wesley So sweeps dethroned titlist Fabiano Caruana in the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia to finish behind Magnus Carlsen ...
Chess | ‘Magnus Carlsen’s respect for D Gukesh is only going to grow’ – What does it even mean?
Magnus Carlsen secured victory at the Super United Rapid and Blitz in Croatia, overshadowing reigning World Champion Gukesh ...
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Magnus Carlsen and Gukesh’s Zagreb event in numbers: World champion started with 0.3% chance of winning; world no 1 lost just twice in 27 games - The Indian Express
Magnus Carlsen claimed the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia title at Zagreb after five days of action across the two faster formats. Carlsen was third in the standings after the nine games in the ...
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Gukesh settles for pragmatic 3rd place; Magnus Carlsen shrugs and clucks his way to Zagreb victory
Magnus Carlsen takes on Gukesh in a game at the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz chess tournament in Zagreb. (PHOTO: Grand Chess Tour via Lennart Ootes) “It does not really feel like I won, it feels like I ...
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Third battle of Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen war in Zagreb ends in 14 moves and lasts just over one minute
The final battle of the personal showdown between world champion Gukesh and world no 1 Magnus Carlsen ended in a quick 14-move draw at the SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz Croatia. It was a battle that ...