Bengaluru: Magnus Carlsen avenged his Round 1 loss against Alireza Firouzja with a win in Round 6 of Norway Chess on Sunday.
Indian players had a tough day, with reigning world champion Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh, and Koneru Humpy all suffering losses.
While Humpy lost in Armageddon, the others fell in their classical encounters.
Carlsen downplayed his ambitions before the round, saying 1.5 out of 10, but his 'old-guy move' paid off against Firouzja, who struggled to hold a pawn down.
Praggnanandhaa's second consecutive loss left him at the bottom of the standings, while Wesley So took the lead with 11.5 points.
Carlsen is four points behind the leader, and Keymer was a pawn up against Gukesh, who 'puts his pieces in weird squares just to do something forcing.'
In the women's section, reigning world champion Ju Wenjun revived her run with a classical win over Divya Deshukh, who is second in the standings, a point behind leader Bibisara Assaubayeva.
