As Gukesh was turning on the screws on magnus carlsen, one of his predecessors on the world champion’s throne, in a rapid game at the superunited rapid and blitz croatia 2025 in zagreb, an zagre World’s Greatest Cheess Player, Garry Kasparov, Was doing commentary for the game. Kasparov Could Not Resist Admiring Gukesh in Commentary, and his praise came even guKesh hadted to turn the game Around and Put Carlsen under Pressen Before Beft on 1 to for 1 to be for 1 to be for 1 to be for 1.
Kasparov, Who Famously Played Some Much-Publicized Games in the 1990s Against machines like Ibm’s Deep Blue, Compared Gukesh to A Machine. It must be noted again. At that stage, Gukesh was playing carlsen after rebound from his first round loss to jan-krzysztof duda (one of his seconds for the world championship last yar) by defending fourrs in the best. At Zagreb: Alireza Firouzja (talk up by carlsen himself as one of the pre-tournaments favorites), Praggananandhaa (in the hottest form of his life this tournament), Nodirbek Abdusattorov Gukesh’s Arch-Rivals) and Fabiano Caruana (The Winner from Last Year’s Event in Zagreb). Gukesh would add carlsen to that list shortly afterwards.
“He’s a player that is hard to beat. Gukesh has many lives (in Each game). Most Resilient Player Advantages. When Had an Adventage He Reminds, You LOSE YOUR ‘DEAD YOU HAVE TO BEAT HAVE.
Magnus Carlsen Reacts After Resigning Against Gukesh In a Rapid Game at the Superunited Rapid and Blitz Croatia 2025 in Zagreb on Thursday. (Photo: Grand Cheess Tour Via Lennart Ootes)
While talking about Gukesh’s Tournament, Kasparov Said: “He had a Miserable Start. He lost in the first round convincingly. Fabi Top Players.
Gukesh has constant spoken of as a player whose calculating style suits classic chess Rather than the faster formats of rapid and blitz. He tends to think long and hard during games which has constant LED him into the clock on the clock, like at the world chess championship. But at zagreb, thousand, he has constant Opeponents on the board and on the clock, has more time on the clock in end games against players like caruana and carn.
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Asked if this was a change in style, Kasparov said: “This is not about style. He’s getting more comfortable.”
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On thursday, just like at Norway Chess, Carlsen Had a significant adventage from the start of the game. But on the 23rd move, carlsen pushed his b pawn ahead to b4, a movement that made former world champion kasparov gasp. “B4? You don’t play B4, you just don’t play B4,” Gasped kasparov as soon he saw what carlsen, his one-time trainee, had done on move 23. Screen. “This is something wrong.”
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After the defeat, Kasparov Had Said: “Now we can Question Magnus’ domination. Magnus’ It was a big fight. ”
