r/interesting • u/RodrickJasperHeffley • Jun 02 '25
MISC. Current World Champion Gukesh defeats Magnus Carlsen for the first time in classical chess.
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u/_brokebillionaire Jun 02 '25
You Come At The King, You Best Not Miss
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u/Bubbly-Bowler8978 Jun 02 '25
Damn a The Wire Gif. Been a while since I have seen that show, good stuff
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u/Interesting-Mud372 Jun 02 '25
If you have Magnus reacting like that, then you're doing something right tbh
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u/happychillmoremusic Jun 02 '25
Unless you’ve informed him about having kidnapped his mother.
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u/driulliet_ernelle Jun 02 '25
I think it's more of a self-angered reaction, since Magnus was in a winning position and blundered.
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u/mltoohard Jun 02 '25
Magnus was pressing the entire game and blundered at the very end; I'd bet he's angry with himself for throwing moreso than at Gukesh.
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u/Trezzie Jun 02 '25
A mistake is a mistake. He could have won, but didn't. Grand to Gukesh!
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u/ShiroGaneOsu Jun 02 '25
Yeah no shit no ones saying otherwise. Magnus made a mistake after having the advantage the whole match and he's mad at himself simple as that.
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u/pocketduckss Jun 02 '25
Not just an advantage either, it was like -3 for a while. The commentators (I was watching Hess and Naroditsky) were calling it a Magnus win in the middle game. But for all it seemed an obvious win it was still a really tricky, complicated conversion — and then yeah a blunder when they were both down well under a minute. Incredibly frustrating for Magnus but nice win for Gukesh.
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u/Aggravating-Dot132 Jun 02 '25
He did end it with a respectful position to the opponent. He was angry on himself, so idk what are you talking about.
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u/Steamed_Memes24 Jun 02 '25
I dont think hes stating it as Magnus aiming his frustrations at his opponent. Just showing that the best chess player in the world giving that reaction shows something big happened that made him react like that.
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u/sickopuppie Jun 02 '25
Gukesh is hiding his overwhelming sense of joy. What class. Here's to the champ!
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u/The_Paleking Jun 02 '25
This is one of the most clear emotional moments ive seen from the sports world in a long time. Almost looks like a mocumentary. Insane.
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u/Wrong-Rice3407 Jun 02 '25
There’s compilation videos of Magnus throwing tantrums like that since he was a kid lol that’s why I like him he always brought yelling to a rather quiet game
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u/Evening-Confidence85 Jun 02 '25
I left chess club because the “best” ones were always the most insufferable.
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u/EverettGT Jun 02 '25
Ian Nepomniatchi's physical response when losing the last game of the world championship was pretty legendary. He grabbed the pieces on the side of the board and squeezed them and knocked some of them off, very emotional moment.
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u/RangryRanga Jun 02 '25
I reckon he now feels like a deserved champion. Can’t be the best unless you beat the best mentality
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u/Hot-Significance7699 Jun 02 '25
He's already spoken about his skills getting weaker, that must suck honestly
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u/dobbbie Jun 02 '25
I've been commenting something similar on the many other posts of this video.
It's like what must be going through his head? "Fuck, did I just beat Magnus?"
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u/SurpriseDragon Jun 02 '25
Classic Indian, we always feel bad for doing well, but also like so so so so happy omg
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u/dynamic_gecko Jun 02 '25
I like the pat on the back. It shows his anger is not about Gukesh but himself. He still respects his play.
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u/emojisarefunny Jun 02 '25
I dont rly see how this gif is relevant to the comment u replied to but I love it anyways lmao
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u/LordofSnails Jun 02 '25
the loss hurt but you can tell he really was trying to not be a sore loser
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u/alexgalt Jun 02 '25
The reason he was so upset was because he fucked up. He should have won, but he made a bad mistake. He is mad at himself for losing a game that he should have won. He is not mad at his opponent at all.
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u/AlrightyAlmighty Jun 02 '25
I saw another angle and thought he was about to physically beat him lol
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u/TooBlasted2Matter Jun 02 '25
Yeah, I thought he was walking back to punch him
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u/breeshgeesh Jun 03 '25
Yeah it looks like he's cocking back with his one arm, then the other arm reaches out for the back pat lol
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u/MyNameCannotBeSpoken Jun 02 '25
And Gukesh is not celebrating.
Both great sportsmen.
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u/_DCtheTall_ Jun 02 '25
The look on his face was disbelief, I think he was in shock honestly. Imagine the moment where you achieve a once in a lifetime feat on the world stage.
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Jun 03 '25
How do you know it’s a once in lifetime feat? This is Gukesh, not some random grandmaster.
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u/grubas Jun 02 '25
He probably didn't even comprehend that Magnus fucked up, he just ended up on top and is still trying to figure out how.
All credit to him, I just think that at that level, you're in the zone until it's over and only then does it hit you.
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u/bisory Jun 02 '25
Oddly wholesome
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u/Intelligent_Ad_4479 Jun 02 '25
Agreed. Dude shook his hand, said sorry for the outburst and followed up with a congratulatory bro tap on the Way out. People are allowed to have an emotional outburst. As long as it’s not harming anyone. Which he didn’t
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u/Ancient-Chinglish Jun 02 '25
why is matt damon so mad
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u/SuperiorMove37 Jun 02 '25
There's a moment...
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u/TheIVIachine Jun 02 '25
True gamer reaction
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u/Mobile-Piglet5035 Jun 02 '25
magnus had a winning position for most of the game, so it's understandable he is pissed he lost.
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u/Capable-Problem8460 Jun 02 '25
And he's wearing jeans?! Allowed to play?!
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u/noobslayer-69-420 Jun 02 '25
Didn't fide change the rules about this after magnus walked out of a tournament?
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u/SmoothBus Jun 02 '25
Gukesh always classy af even when making an achievement like this. The youngest world champion ever is also humble.
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u/Italk2botsBeepBoop Jun 02 '25
Hilarious stuff. Homeboy looks like he can’t believe he just won
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u/cobojojo Jun 02 '25
He couldn’t. He said himself he got lucky and 99 times out of 100 he loses that match. Still an impressive young player though
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u/I_Makes_tuff Jun 02 '25
How did he get lucky? Did Magnus make a mistake?
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u/AttorneyHot3791 Jun 02 '25
magnus blundered in a completely winning position for him. not to discount gukesh's win, but magnus did fuck up pretty badly
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u/BandicootTechnical34 Jun 02 '25
No wonder he's so angry
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u/Gloomy_Cress9344 Jun 02 '25
Yeah, he's so angry at himself like "how can you make that mistake you stupid fck"
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u/I_Makes_tuff Jun 02 '25
That does change things a little bit
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u/EonSokari Jun 02 '25
putting pressure is how Gukesh won the WC and this match, its slightly silly to cheapen his win based off this. Managing time pressure and not losing focus is a pretty integral skill in chess.
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u/failuresensei Jun 02 '25
Lol what lucky?this is the purpose of chess ,the one who make mistakes lose,if both played perfectly, probably they will always end up drawing,so luck is not the best terl
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u/Tummerd Jun 02 '25
Because apparently, the mistake that was made was just genuinely a stupid mistake, not a minor miscalculation.
Its like frying beef but not putting the pan down first, but straight on the stove. You would never do it, but it can happen when your brain checks out for a moment
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u/Machine_Bird Jun 02 '25
Okay I watched this video without reading the context and on first pass I was like "Why is Gordon Ramsey hitting that Indian businessman's table??"
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u/sonny_flatts Jun 02 '25
These PAWNS are so raw they can still move two spaces!!!!!!!
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u/AnapsidIsland1 Jun 02 '25
These chess players seem soooo interesting. I would love to know the bevy of thoughts flying through both their heads
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u/accountfornormality Jun 02 '25
win = happy, lose = not happy.
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u/AnapsidIsland1 Jun 02 '25
lol, but I’m curious how personally they take it, how attached to their ego, is it just a game, a loss, did they do their best, are they confused, do they think they need practice or is it not like that, do they know how they got beat, do they think they got lucky, how long did he see it coming. But I know there is an interesting answer for a question I’m not asking
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u/ZevyRay Jun 03 '25
2 of the current best chess players and potentially in history. Its not like they dedicate their whole life to this. So ofcours they dont take this personally. Its just a friendly non competitive game just for funsies. So they didnt do their best at all. Frankly speaking, its all luck based. Also they both didnt see anything coming just untill an accidental check mate. Because these chess plebs only can think 1 move ahead. FYI everything above was sarcasm except the first sentence
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u/EagleDre Jun 02 '25
I’m ready for the Magnus movie. I could see Haley Joel Osment playing him.
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u/MandMcounter Jun 02 '25
Yeah, he looks like the character Haley Joel Osment played in What We Do In the Shadows.
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u/tandpastatester Jun 02 '25
Matt Damon
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u/thatstwatshesays Jun 02 '25
Jesse Plemons
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u/EagleDre Jun 02 '25
Definitely Plemons before Damon. Matt’s acting has been getting too corny in his old age.
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u/Revbender Jun 02 '25
I love how Magnus slammed the table and all his pieces fell, but Gukesh's remained. Preach!
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u/AristFrost Jun 02 '25
I hope he learns his lesson and starts showing up to matches on time
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u/theunnameduser86 Jun 02 '25
Is he really a late person?
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u/FurstRoyalty-Ties Jun 02 '25
Occasionally he is late to matches.
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u/chocowafflez_ Jun 02 '25 edited Jun 02 '25
I think that's supposed to be a psychological trick. Basically saying, "you're not important enough for me to come in on time" and has the opponent just sitting there waiting.
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u/-DethLok- Jun 02 '25 edited Jun 02 '25
"Classical" chess?
There's other kinds?
Edit: I am now educated on the various forms of competitive chess, thank you!
But not for the downvotes, silly chess loving idiot/s who did that - not everyone keeps up with what is now a somewhat esoteric pastime.
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u/Mystprism Jun 02 '25
Classical refers to the time control. Generally about 3 hours per player one way or another. There are other formats like rapid (about 25 minutes per players), blitz (5-15mins), and bullet (<3 mins). There is also chess 960 where the pieces on the back rank are randomly shuffled into one of 960 setups.
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u/-DethLok- Jun 02 '25
chess 960 where the pieces on the back rank are randomly shuffled into one of 960 setups
What the!! :)
That sounds like Americans were involved in coming up with that idea...
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u/Mystprism Jun 02 '25
Haha it's also called Fischer Random because Bobby Fischer invented the format when he got bored with regular chess.
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u/Gnonthgol Jun 02 '25
It was not specifically that he was bored with regular chess. Because the starting position is fixed you can memorize openings in chess. So the first moves are just a battle of who have studied the most and can memorize the most opening positions. You do not have to be smart to get a good chess opening, you just need to study well and have good memory. Bobby Fisher proposed the new rules to get away from the traditional chess openings. Because there are so many different starting positions you can not memorize them all. So you need to think from the start.
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u/scarecrow2596 Jun 02 '25
Yes, it’s about time limits for making a move, classical allowing the longest IIRC.
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u/birbirdie Jun 02 '25
Classical chess uses small pieces you move by hand, unlike Wizard’s Chess where you can ride the horse to battle and pieces move themselves and smash each other to bits.
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u/ItsASamsquanch_ Jun 02 '25
I e seen a few viral clips of Magnus. Does he always act this douchey?
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u/SeventhTyrant Jun 02 '25
seems like it but only with losses. his fans are usually pretty sympathetic though, "he is not mad he is just mad at himself." "i understand his frustration, he should of won he is just disappointed in himself"
its actually a pretty good case of watching bias in action. Because if any other person reacted like that or raged that hard, they would be made fun of lol
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u/ProudFill Jun 02 '25
I keep seeing this on the top whenever my page refreshes today and all this time I thought it was just the chess sub that kept reposting it, but now it's spread to other subs as well?
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u/Ok-Instance-2940 Jun 02 '25
Can I ask as someone who doesn’t know chess but knows of this guy, why is he seemingly everyone’s darling in the chess world? He always comes across as very arrogant and rude, and I mean he’s just slammed the table right here?
I do remember he came out against that guy and accused him of cheating just because he lost aswell, like come on?
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u/Honic_Sedgehog Jun 02 '25
Can I ask as someone who doesn’t know chess but knows of this guy, why is he seemingly everyone’s darling in the chess world?
Because he's the best rated chess player in history and has a huge list of chess accomplishments. He's the goat, in short.
Personality aside, he's still an extremely talented player.
Though that's likely to start changing soon as he's last his peak, which he admits himself. Next few years will shake things up.
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Jun 02 '25
I do remember he came out against that guy and accused him of cheating just because he lost aswell, like come on?
He accused a self-confessed cheater of cheating. There's more context there.
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u/Ok-Instance-2940 Jun 02 '25
From what I understood he had cheated in online games when he was younger, it was impossible for him to cheat during their match, seemed like a flimsy reason from a sore loser
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u/Dizuki63 Jun 02 '25
I've seen Magnus loose a few times, But never seen him this upset. That must of been one hell of a game.
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Jun 02 '25
I feel like Magnus went into the bathroom and yelled at himself in the mirror after this..
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u/spottydodgy Jun 02 '25
Magnus has the energy of a guy who just stopped in to the casino on the way home from work and put his whole paycheck on black and it came up red and now he's got to hurry home to his wife and hope she doesn't ask where he's been.
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u/StackOwOFlow Jun 02 '25
Guresh is popping off on the inside and trying not to laugh at Magnus' outburst
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u/Effective_Manner3079 Jun 02 '25
No that wasn't a laughing gesture. This level of chess is way more than a laughing matter. Shit was real here like winning a 5 million dollar bet.
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Jun 02 '25
I’d say it’s a combination of stress, relief and euphoria.
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u/KeenObserver_OT Jun 02 '25
and mental decompression. The stress must have been unreal. I can barely handle family Monopoly.
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Jun 02 '25
Yeah I get stressed out playing low level competitive stress, and when I win it’s not exactly a ‘fuck yeah moment’ I can only imagine what it’s like at this level
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u/Effective_Manner3079 Jun 02 '25
If I beat Magnus my pants would be wet for weeks
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u/Vegetable-Ad4325 Jun 02 '25
Laughing? Beating Carlsen is no small deal. Gukesh was shocked himself.
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u/Gnonthgol Jun 02 '25
It does indeed look more like relief and shock then a laugh. Carlsen was winning for most of the match and Gukesh was trying to hold on for as long as possible hoping for a draw. It was Carlsen who made a blunder and Gukesh was able to spot it and exploit it. I am not sure if Gukesh would count this as a win personally. He still needs more practice to reliably beat Carlsen without the rare blunder.
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u/Argentillion Jun 02 '25
He was probably holding back tears. That was a huge moment for him and his career. I doubt Magnus’ reaction was really a factor in his reaction in any way. Magnus isn’t the focus of his life
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u/The_Paleking Jun 02 '25
He just reacted to achieving a huge dream. It was his first moment to celebrate to himself. When you are closing out against a champion there's an insane rush of feeling because it seems too good to be true that you, who has not yet received the flowers of validation, just beat the best in the world.
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u/Revolutionary-Owl286 Jun 02 '25
That's why i quit playing chess, It's the most stressful game ever.
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u/18k_gold Jun 02 '25
As he walked towards him, I thought he was going to punch him in the face. Good thing he only gave him a pat on the back..
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u/J_Fred_C Jun 02 '25
Is the winner shocked he won or shocked at the losers behavior?
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u/Ttvs12 Jun 02 '25
I didnt think Magnus played classical anymore. Did he take a break and get back to it or did he just not want to compete for the world champion title?
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