Oslo: Reigning world champion Gukesh Dharavath spent his last day as a teenager, sitting across from Magnus Carlsen and being reminded that over-ambition in chess can come at a cost.
Carlsen's first trip to the confessional was about being surprised by his own move – 6…Qd6! – activating the Queen and perhaps trying to take the young Indian out of book.
A few moves down the line Gukesh had a surprise waiting for Carlsen with 9. Nb5. Carlsen, playing with the Black pieces, took a slightly perilous path and went on to double his pawns on the f-file.
Gukesh captured Black's dark-squared bishop with his b-pawn, weakening the security cordon around his King. Black, helped by White's eagerness to take risks, went on to find inroads with its Queen and light-squared bishop putting the enemy King under duress.
Gukesh resigned after 42 moves.
"Gukesh sometimes plays a bit too ambitiously. He wanted to prove a serious advantage today, which I'm not sure there was. Eventually, he played himself into some trouble. And I took over, more and more," Carlsen said.
